Full scholarships and partial scholarships are available. Full scholarship students are liable for all but tuition charges. Fellowships A fellowship is an academic award of honor to outstanding students to help them in furthering advanced study and research. A fellowship recipient must pay tuition unless the award includes a scholarship in an amount covering tuition. The University has established teaching assistantships to enable distinguished graduate students to gain teaching experience while continuing their studies.
Teaching assistants are eligible for other awards, including scholarships and fellowships.
Teaching assistantship appointments are made on the authority of the President of the University with the approval of the associate dean of the Graduate School who, in turn, acts on the recommendation of a student's program chair. Appointments are made for periods of one year or one term and are renewable. The University reserves the right to terminate any appointment at any time for due cause. Conduct, character, or academic standing that is regarded as undesirable may constitute cause, but the University need not assign any reason for termination of an appointment at any time. All teaching assistantship appointments are made and accepted with this understanding, and neither the University nor any of its Trustees or officers shall be under any liability whatsoever for the summary termination of a teaching assistantship.