Graduate assistantships provide educational and professional benefits to graduate students. They gain more knowledge in their field, improve their research skills, and develop pedagogical skills; they gain academic administrative experience; they gain interpersonal effectiveness, leadership, and performance evaluation experience; and they enjoy collegial collaborations with advisors that may lead to joint publications and other professional activities. Graduate assistantships teach students skills that are useful not only in the classroom, but also in business, government, and charitable organizations.