Common use of Graduate Assistant Clause in Contracts

Graduate Assistant. This category was designed to provide support for full-time CUNY students to enable them to complete their graduate degrees in a reasonable time while receiving financial support and gaining teaching experience. This title designates a student who is the equivalent of a graduate assistant at other universities and who is receiving graduate student financial aid similar to the undergraduate work study financial aid plan. First priority shall be given to graduate students in The City University for such graduate fellowships. No persons shall be appointed to the title Graduate Assistant more than three years consecutively except when special permission is requested by the executive officer of the doctoral program in which the student is enrolled and the Chairperson of the department in which he or she is employed. In no instance shall such extensions be granted for more than two additional appointments. Appointments may be for less than one year.

Graduate Assistant. This category was designed to provide support for full-time CUNY students to enable them to complete their graduate degrees in a reasonable time while receiving financial support and gaining teaching experience. This title designates a student who is the equivalent of a graduate assistant at other universities and who is receiving graduate student financial aid similar to the undergraduate work study financial aid plan. First priority shall be given to graduate students in The City University for such graduate fellowships. No persons shall be appointed to the title Graduate Assistant more than three five years consecutively except when special permission is requested by the executive officer of the doctoral program in which the student is enrolled and the Chairperson of the department in which he or she is employed. In no instance shall such extensions be granted for more than two additional appointments. Appointments may be for less than one year.