Grad Salaries Raised

Mar 23, 2009 (NYC) — The President and Provost said March 23 that graduate-student TA/TF/RA salaries would rise. USS campaigned for TF salary rises for 3 years, since our TFs (Teaching Fellows–PhD students who are the faculty of record for a class) were paid in the bottom 10% of TF salaries nationally. Now TF salariess have risen from $3,000 to $5,000, and TAs to $25/hour. RA (Research, not Resident Assistant) rises aren’t yet set. GFSS 2008-09 Speaker Jonathan Cogliano, praising the TF rise although noting it was less than requested, said the TA rise was vague and sought information on RAs. GFSS representatives will meet the administration to discuss. Read GFSS/USS’s Policy Paper on Grad Salaries.