Graduate Assistantship Program The Graduate College Outreach Program

Graduate Assistantship Program Fall 2015 Recap/Debrief GRA vs GTA vs GA Fall 2016 Changes What Are Your Needs?

Fall 2015 Recap/Debrief Introduced Tiers – compensation according to the work expectations – Allowed us to spread funds and cover more students Introduced Categories – GRA, GTA, GA – Prompted by ACA Introduced GRA Job Board – Need a more secure process Introduced Evaluations – faculty and student – Will be required of both at end of semester

GRA vs GTA vs GA GTA – Graduate Teaching Assistant – Most be the “teacher of record” (have a bachelors and 18 grad hours in field to teach undergrad) GRA – Graduate Research Assistant – Primary duties are research with a faculty member GA – Graduate Assistant – Not a “teacher of record” and not primarily research, although could have some elements of each Goal is to have a “meaningful” experience for every graduate student in the program.

Proposed Fall 2016 Changes Competitive review of all proposals – no allocations to programs Graduate Faculty desiring a GRA/GTA/GA submit a proposal to a graduate faculty review committee Need to determine timeline for submission of proposals (Mar 1?) and announcement of awards (Apr 1?) Need to determine criteria for review committee and committee structure (one per college?)

What Are Your Needs? Discussion Points: – How have you been using GRA/GTA/GAs? – Do you think your graduate students have benefitted from holding an assistantship? – What needs are you trying to fill with Graduate students? – How can we make it more “meaningful”?

Contact David Baugher, Assistant Dean of the Graduate College, x3008, click on “Assistantships”.