| A | B |
| SSP | Student Success Plan |
| Career Cruising | Internet-based career exploration and planning tool used to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. |
| short-term goals | Something you want to do in the near future. The near future can mean today, this week, this month, or even this year. |
| long-term goals | Something you want to do further in the future. Goals that take a long time to achieve. |
| profile | A digital representation of a person's identity |
| Reflect & Confirm | The final step to achieve credit for Standard Completion in the SSP |
| matchmaker | matches likes and dislikes with your interests to find a suitable career |
| career clusters | a group of similar occupations |
| networking | Forming an impersonal relationship w/ people who might help you pursue a job |
| financial aid | Any program that offers money to assist with the costs associated with being a student |
| wages | Compensation based on # of hours x hourly rate |
| benefits | non-cash compensation paid to an employee ex. health insurance, dental insurance |
| urban | densely populated/big cities |
| rural | country-outside the city |
| suburban | immediately outside the city - residential community |
| endowment | a donation of money or property to a non-profit organization for ongoing support |
| career pathway | An additional requirement of a planned, sequential series of at least three related courses |
| salary | compensation on an annual basis |
| program of study | an academic and career plan based on post-secondary goals and comprised of academic, career, and technical content |