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. (a) The employment, retention, evaluation or assignment of persons employed in the title Graduate Assistant, to the extent that it is based upon their status, progress and evaluation as graduate students, shall not be subject to the grievance procedure established in this contract. (b) A joint committee of the PSC and the University shall be established to develop a University-wide formula for the employment and distribution of Graduate Assistants in the University based on proposals submitted by the faculty of the Graduate Division.

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. (a) The employment, retention, evaluation or assignment of persons employed in the title Graduate Assistant, to the extent that it is based upon their status, progress and evaluation as graduate students, students shall not be subject to the grievance procedure established in this contract. (b) A joint committee of the PSC and the University shall be established to develop a University-wide formula for the employment and distribution of Graduate Assistants in the University based on proposals submitted by the faculty of the Graduate Division.