Graduate Students Organizing Committee -- New York University / Salary
From CGEU
APPENDIX: MINIMUM STIPEND RATES
DEFINITIONS AND CONDITIONS
1.“Academic Year” means the traditional Fall and Spring semesters at the University.
2.A graduate assistant appointment for the Fall or Spring semesters shall be at least one-half the minimum rate for an academic year appointment.
3.The minimum rates contemplate an average of twenty (20) hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters. Any graduate assistant assignment which has an established and required schedule which averages more than twenty (20) hours per week shall have the minimum stipend rate proportionately adjusted. Examples of duties that shall be considered part of a normal workload are actual class time, reasonable office hours or time spent advising students, a reasonable amount of preparation time for an adequately-prepared graduate student, reasonable time spent grading, proctoring and required training for which the assistant receives no academic credit. A summer graduate assistant assignment of less than fourteen (14) weeks shall have the minimum stipend rate proportionately adjusted.
4.The University, in its sole discretion, may establish stipend rates above the minimum rates for any graduate assistant.
5.In any single department, if the initial appointments of two (2) or more new graduate assistants carry stipend rates higher than the stipend rates of any incumbent graduate assistants, the stipend rates for incumbents shall not be lower than those initially appointed.
MINIMUM STIPEND RATES
A. For Graduate Assistants who are candidates for a doctoral degree in any school or a master’s degree in the Graduate School of Arts and Science or the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, or a master’s degree in Cinema Studies or Performance Studies and for all graduate assistants with appointments in the Expository Writing Program and the Morse Academic
Plan:
| Academic Year | Summer (approx. 14 weeks) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-2002 | $15,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher | $7,500 |
| 2002-2003 | $16,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $8,000 |
| 2003-2004 | $17,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $8,500 |
| 2004-2005 | $18,000 or 4% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $9,000 |
B. For Graduate Assistants who are candidates for a master’s degree in all other schools:
| Academic Year | Summer (approx. 14 weeks) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-2002 | $10,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $5,000 |
| 2002-2003 | $11,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $5,500 |
| 2003-2004 | $12,000 or 3.5% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $6,000 |
| 2004-2005 | $13,000 or 4% above previous
comparable appointment, whichever is higher. | $6,500 |
