| AASP | Athletic Academic Services Program |
| ACP | Afrocentric Pedagogy |
| ANAR | A Nation at Risk |
| APR | Academic Progress Rate |
| AYP | Average Yearly Progress |
| BLM | Black Lives Matter |
| CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
| CRP | Culturally Responsive Pedagogy |
| CRT | Critical Race Theory |
| ESPN | Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |
| GSR | Graduation Success Rate |
| HBCU | Historically Black College or University |
| HWI | Historically White Institutions |
| HWIHE | Historically White Institutions in Higher Education |
| LS | Lakeshore State University |
| MLK | Martin Luther King |
| NBC | National Broadcasting Company |
| NCAA | National Collegiate Athletics Association |
| NCEE | National Commission on Excellence in Education |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NFL | National Football League |
| Prop-48 | Proposition 48 |
| PTD | Progress Towards Degree |
| RBF | River Basin Falls University |
| SAAC | Student Athlete Advisory Committee |
| SEC | Southeastern Conference |
| SR | Sierra Ridge University |
| SPR | South Pine Ridge University |
| TINA | There Is No Alternative |
| WNBA | Women’s National Basketball Association |
| WWII | World War II |
