At what point in time have community colleges awarded bachelors degrees? Now, I'm not going to say the University of Arizona is the most prestigious of schools (unless you're studying astronomy, then it very well is, thank you very much), but I'm pretty sure it's a fairly decent school. Also, based on how much he makes and the salaries of the classmates he keeps in touch with, I'd have to conclude that employers think the same.
Again, he knew what the term meant when I was more explicit, it just wasn't something that mattered to him. If it is that basic, and I'll take MC's word for it that it is, then my hyperbole was unwarranted. The fact still remains, proper research paper etiquette demands that acronyms and abbreviations be written out fully in their first use and not doing so, even when the intended audience is expected to know the term, is quite simply poor writing and a terrible mistake that should never be made.
The fact of the matter is, as has been shown tonight, people who are not of your intended audience can and often will get a hold of your research papers and making them as intuitive as possible should be a basic, common courtesy.
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SuperNiceDog had a super nice bracket too.