Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3356 - Youngstown State University › Chapter 3356-9 - Selection and Evaluation of Officers of University and Employment of Students › Section 3356-9-03.1 - Appointment of graduate assistants, graduate research assistants, graduate assistant interns, and teaching assistants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement. While the president has
			 overall responsibility for the management of the university, the responsibility
			 for employment decisions of personnel is delegated to the provost and vice
			 presidents. Each divisional executive officer is responsible for making
			 personnel decisions within the described university procedures.
(B) Purpose. The graduate assistantship
			 program is predicated upon the concept that given an opportunity to assist the
			 faculty, graduate students provide a service to the university and gain
			 valuable academic experience, which is appropriately supported through the
			 annual institutional budget process. Academics must drive our cost structure.
			 How the assistantship enhances the student's education must be
			 apparent.
(C) Parameters.
(1) A graduate assistant ("GA") will normally
			 be assigned duties primarily focused on the conduct of research/scholarly
			 activity. A GA may be assigned teaching duties, but should not be the
			 instructor of record. A graduate research assistant ("GRA") will only be
			 assigned duties focused on the conduct of research/scholarly activity and will
			 typically receive a twelvemonth appointment. All other assistantships are
			 typically two-semester appointments. A graduate assistant/intern ("GA/I") is a
			 special category of graduate assistant designated to provide opportunities for
			 university offices or departments, community companies or agencies, or other
			 appropriate external sponsors to involve graduate students as academic
			 assistants/interns in real life experiences related to their fields of study.
			  A teaching assistant
			 ("TA") will only be assigned duties focused on instruction and may be the
			 instructor of record for a regularly scheduled class.
(2) Additional academic services to the
			 academic program in which the student is enrolled may be appropriate for all
			 assistantship appointments. GA, GRA, GA/I, and TA appointments are covered by
			 this policy. A student appointed as a graduate
			 assistant (GA, GRA, GA/I, and TA) will be paid a stipend and instructional fees
			 required to complete a single degree program (up to eighteen semester hours per
			 semester and up to twelve semester hours for the summer term), student
			 transportation fee, out-of-state surcharge, and music performance fees (if
			 applicable) will be remitted.
Assistantship appointments previously
				providing only a stipend and remission of the transportation fee, and students
				awarded only the graduate college "Premiere Scholarship" may be renewed until
				the assistantship/scholarship is terminated.
(3)
			 The graduate dean is responsible for the administration of the program and
			 appointment of graduate assistants, graduate research assistants, graduate
			 assistant interns, and teaching assistants.
(4) The graduate dean
			 
									may
			 make available the "Graduate College Premiere
			 Scholarship."
			 The scholarship shall include up to thirty-six semester hours of instructional
			 fees (for graduate courses required to complete a single degree program) for an
			 academic year up to eighteen semester hours for each fall and spring semester.
			 Scholarship awards may be provided for up to twelve semester hours of
			 instructional fees for the summer term. The "Premiere Scholarship" shall
			 include instructional fees, nonresident tuition surcharge, and applicable music
			 performance fees.
(5) The total number of graduate assistantships
									and teaching
			 assistantships shall be allocated annually as a part of the
			 institutional budget development process and will take into account the needs
			 of new graduate programs as they are developed and implemented and the
			 opportunities to increase enrollment and research through the growth of
			 existing graduate programs. Colleges, departments, or external sources can also
			 provide funds to support additional assistantships.
(6) Additional
			 assistantship positions may be created by the graduate dean when external
			 funding has been obtained . In such cases, payment for assistantships may be made at
			 rates higher than normal university rates if the external funding agency has a
			 predetermined payment schedule or allows higher rates of payment.
			 Remission of fees may be funded by the graduate college
			 in cases where external funds have been obtained to fund the assistantship
			 stipend.