Graduate Students' Pay and Benefits Vary Widely, Survey Shows

Autor/in	June, Audrey Williams
Titel	Graduate Students' Pay and Benefits Vary Widely, Survey Shows
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 15, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Research Assistants; Teaching Assistants; Student Employment; Compensation (Remuneration); Income; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Forschungspersonal; Studentenarbeit; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Einkommen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Graduate students face an array of choices when evaluating compensation-and-benefits packages that make comparisons difficult. A "Chronicle" survey shows that the offers to teaching assistants and research assistants vary widely. Some institutions cover 100 percent of graduate students' tuition, while others waive only a portion. It is possible to get health insurance paid in full but coverage for family members is harder to come by. Then there's location: when it comes to paying rent, buying food, and otherwise making ends meet, stipends do matter. Data collected by "The Chronicle," though not comprehensive, provide a snapshot of what graduate students are earning in six fields this academic year. Comparisons among stipends are difficult because every institution has its own way of handling a financial package. Still, it is safe to say that while graduate students are hardly living the high life, some of them (science students) are less poor than others (English, history, and sociology students). (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10