Graduate students should be compensated in accordance with their title. For example, graduate students who have been AIs and then serve as TAs should be paid according to their job function.
In general, students who do not have a master’s degree should be compensated the COE Masters rate and those who have a master’s degree, the COE PhD ratebased on the degree plan they are enrolled in. (See also Graduate Student Employees - COE Salary Rate Minimums.)
Students who are AIs are expected to be PhDs and compensated the COE AI rate. In the case of PhD students with split appointments (i.e., appointed at AI and TA); they should be paid in accordance with their title for each appointment.
TAs/AIs/GRAs should be limited to 20 hours per week, where possible, given that they are compensated appropriately for 20 hours.
Must consider that overloading graduate students with TA/AI/GRA assignments may interfere with their research and course work requirements.
Pay rates should be commensurate with experience. Master’s student pay should be different from PhD student pay.
Pay rates should be similar for TAs/AIs and GRAs.
GRA appointments must include full tuition remission proportional to their effort.
TAs should be assigned to courses, not faculty. Develop clear criteria for the types of courses that require TAs/AIs, e.g., based on enrollment: course structure, content, etc.
TAs should be provided to primarily support graduate students for course-related instructional activity. Must provide appropriate amount of support to faculty based on class and program demands. In making TA/AI assignments, special consideration should be given how to best match curriculum needs with faculty member needs.