assistantship
Graduate student funding
An assistantship is a position at a college or university that provides financial support to a graduate student in exchange for work, typically teaching or research: She was offered an assistantship in the biology department.
The term covers teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and administrative roles.
An assistantship usually includes a stipend and may waive tuition.
Fixed regular payment
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- awardHonor given for merit
funding · allowance · remuneration · compensation · bursary · honorarium · support · subsistence
Guidance from experienced person
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
protégé · coaching · experience · training · nurturing · direction · practicum · internship
One who earned degree
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- universityHigher education institution
college · department · faculty · tenure-track · professor · program · admission · application
Facility for scientific investigation
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · experiment · methodology · publication · findings · investigation · collaboration · hypothesis
Profession of instructing others
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- instructionGuidance for action
coursework · seminar · recitation · pedagogy · classroom · undergraduate · syllabus · curriculum
stipend
Fixed regular payment
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
award · funding · allowance · remuneration · compensation · bursary · honorarium · support · subsistence · payment
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
apprenticeship · protégé · coaching · experience · training · nurturing · direction · practicum · internship
graduate
One who earned degree
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
university · college · department · faculty · tenure-track · professor · program · admission · application · competitive
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
data · analysis · experiment · methodology · publication · findings · investigation · collaboration · hypothesis · empirical
teaching
Profession of instructing others
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- gradingAssigning marks to work
instruction · coursework · seminar · recitation · pedagogy · classroom · undergraduate · syllabus · curriculum · educator
- Educational Fundingscholarship, grant, merit scholarship, education grant, federal aid
- graduate schooldissertations, thesis, capstone, research, dissertation
- scholarships and fellowshipsgrants, student grants, merit aid, need-based aid, stipend
- student aidfinancial aid, scholarship, grant, loans, Pell Grant
- admissionsapplication, acceptance letter, admissions, application deadline, admissions committee
- learning supporttutoring, tutor, tutors, peer tutoring, online tutoring
assistantshipfellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
scholarship · merit scholarship · grant · free ride · tuition waiver
assistantshipprofessorship
Senior academic post
department chair · dean · full professor · senior researcher · mentor