Graduate Assistantships (A-20)
Original Implementation: Unpublished
Last Revision:April 22, 2008
To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, a student must have clear or provisional admission to the graduate school and the department/school/division and be in good academic standing. Graduate assistants assigned at the 50% rate (50% = full graduate assistantship) are expected to serve 20 clock hours per week in the department/school/division to which they are assigned. Those assigned to other percentages are expected to work a proportionate number of clock hours. The department chair/director is responsible for the selection, training, assignment of duties, and supervision of the graduate assistants in his/her department/school/division.
A graduate assistant must be enrolled for at least six hours of graduate course work in the fall or spring semesters and three semester hours in a summer session. Should a graduate assistant fall below the six or three hour minimum for a semester or summer, he or she will not be eligible for an assistantship the following semester.
A student must be approved for an assistantship by the chair/director of the department, the Director of Personnel Services, and the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research. The appointment as a graduate assistant is completed only after the candidate has attended a mandatory new employee orientation session in the Office of Personnel Services.
Except for students in the Ed.D., Ph.D. and M.F.A. programs, a student may receive an assistantship for no more than four long semesters and two full summers.
Cross Reference: Graduate Bulletin
Responsible for Implementation: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Contact for Revision: Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research
Forms: Application Form for Graduate Assistantships (available from the office of the Chair/Director of the academic department)