Requirements to Maintain Assistantship
The graduate assistantship provides an opportunity for a graduate student to serve in a professional role and to establish a professional relationship with faculty and administrators. Only graduate students holding regular admission to a degree program are eligible for graduate assistantships.
Academic Standards
Students holding assistantships are to maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in order to
remain eligible for assistantship support. Any student with an assistantship who
fails to achieve a 3.0 GPA will have one semester to raise his or her average to the
minimum level. Failure to do so will result in the termination of the assistantship.
This policy applies to appointments for the summer semester as well as the academic
year. Graduate students who fail to achieve a 3.0 GPA over two consecutive semesters may
be suspended or terminated from their academic programs at The University of Toledo.
Job Descriptions/Duties
Graduate assistants will be assigned specific duties by their immediate supervisors
either as teaching assistants, research assistants, administrative assistants, or
interns. Graduate Assistants should completely understand their duties before beginning
the academic semester in which they are assigned. An assistant can be terminated
for one or more of the following: neglect of duty, failure to make adequate progress
toward the degree, incompetence, and/or financial condition of the University. Terminations
of Graduate Assistantships due to any of these conditions may cause revocation of
all or a portion of the tuition scholarship. The decision to terminate will involve
the College of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Assistant's immediate supervisor.
Length of Employment and Enrollment
The length of appointment for the assistantship will be determined by the graduate
program the student is admitted to in Banner. All graduate students are required
to take a minimum of 9 credit hours in order to be classified as a full-time student
of The University of Toledo. Part-time graduate assistants are required to take 6
credit hours of graduate coursework for each semester of appointment. Dropping below
these required hours of coursework may result in reduction of stipend or termination
of the assistantship. Please check with your academic department before dropping
any courses. It is also strongly recommended to discuss plan with the registrar's
office and/or financial aid; if receiving any loans. As of Summer 2011, all graduate
assistantships will be determined on the student's degree completion status. Once
the student has completed their graduate program requirements, their assistantship
may continue for only 1 additional semester.