graduate assistant
Student who teaches
A graduate assistant is a graduate student who receives funding—typically tuition remission and a stipend—in exchange for teaching, research, or administrative work at a university.
Teaching assistants lead discussion sections or grade papers; research assistants support faculty projects.
The position provides income and professional training while the student pursues an advanced degree.
Often shortened to GA.
- teaching loadClasses an educator handles
- grad schoolPost-undergraduate academic institution
- stipendFixed regular payment
- poverty wagesPay too low to survive on
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
research position · advisor · dissertation · office hours · office mate · seminar · fellowship · tuition waiver · lab · doctoral · master's · coursework · department · campus · faculty meeting · lecture · academic · curriculum vitae
- aidesteacher aide, teacher's aide, classroom aide, paraprofessional, classroom helper
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- university jobsprofessor, dean, lecturer, researcher, librarian
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, caregiver
- Faculty Rolesdean, associate dean, lecturer, adjunct faculty, tenure track
graduate assistantfull professor
Highest academic rank
tenured professor · distinguished professor · department chair · endowed chair · tenured faculty
graduate assistantundergraduate student
Pursuing initial college degree
faculty advisor · freshman · mentor · tutee · professor
graduate, assistant, graduates, graduated, graduating, graduation, gradual, gradually, grade