Word: tas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Graduate students are also beginning to take on the job of T.A. in their first year, although they were not intended to teach until their third year, says Ray Lurie, former press liaison for TAS...
...response to TAS' requests, William Nordhaus, who resigned last week from his position as provost, suggested that T.A.'s borrow money to supplement their salaries...
...TAS spokesperson Yvette Huginnie says that graduate students are already overburdened with debts. "Graduate students are currently arriving at Yale with an average of $8900 in loans if they went to a private college," she says...
...earn extra money, T.A.'s often take on jobs outside the university. "Most of us have second and third jobs," says TAS member Ruth Oldenziel, adding that she holds three jobs...
Lurie says when T.A.'s take on other jobs, it lowers "the quality of our own studies and of the teaching of undergraduates." This in turn affects Yale's reputation as well as the quality of education available there, according to TAS member Karen Sawislak...