Teaching or Research Assistants

.049        A Teaching or Research Assistant is appointed on the recommendation of the cognizant Dean, and in the case of departmentalized schools, Chair, and the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies. An Assistant is assigned to academic service in the classroom or laboratory or the equivalent, consonant with professional development and limited so as to allow reasonable progress in the completion of the appointee’s degree program.  The appointment may be made for one semester or for one academic year and may be renewed after review of the academic record, provided that the appointee continues to enroll as a degree student.  Renewal is usually limited to a total of three years.  An Assistant shares such privileges and responsibilities as the Department or Faculty may extend, except those of voting and serving as an officer of the Department or School.