During the semester, weekly teaching meetings are held, where teaching ideas are presented and discussed, as well as other issues in statistics education. A resource notebook is provided to each GTA which includes over 300 pages of teaching ideas and resources. The Department of Statistics has found that this training program provides a cooperative teaching environment that encourages GTAs to work together, thus benefiting from the combined knowledge, experience, and ideas of the group. The goal of the training program is to help our GTAs become excellent communicators and teachers. The skills gained during this training should greatly enhance one's marketability and future success as a professional statistician.
Teaching assistants receive a full tuition waiver.
Students whose native language is not English are required to pass the revised TSE exam with a score of 50 or more to be considered for a teaching assistantship. This is a University requirement which cannot be waived by the Department. The Department of Statistics has a small but growing number of research assistantships. These assistantships are generally funded through research grants or contracts awarded to the University or by funds provided by the Agricultural Experiment Station and the College of Arts and Sciences. The number varies from semester to semester.