Assistantships are paid positions that enable you to gain valuable research, teaching, or other work experience. An assistantship can help cover part of your graduate school cost while you build academic and professional skills. With an assistantship, you will receive a salaried or hourly wage and/or wages credits towards your tuition expenses in exchange for your work on research, teaching, or administrative projects.
This section of our website includes details such as respective responsibilities, time commitments, and compensation for the types of assistantships available at Teachers College. Characteristics of your particular assistantship may vary, but most share the following in common.
As a Research Assistant (RA), you will perform academically relevant research in exchange for salary and tuition credits (or ‘points’).
As a Teaching Assistant (TA), you will assist professors with instructional activities in exchange for salary and tuition credits (or ‘points’).
As an Administrative Fellow (AF), you will perform administrative services in exchange for a bi-weekly salary and tuition exemption credits (or ‘points’).
Federal tax regulations require employees to pay taxes on graduate tuition exemption benefits if it exceeds $5,250 per calendar year, and the College must withhold taxes on such benefits during the calendar year in which it is used. However, employees, such as Administrative Fellows, who are using tuition exemption benefits for their personal graduate-level education at the College may be able to certify that their education is job-related per IRS tax regulations. Please review the tuition exemption policy to learn more about whether you may qualify for tax exemption.
As a Course Assistant (CA), you will work closely with a faculty member, performing academically relevant services.
Please visit the On-Campus Student Employment website to search and apply for one of these positions. You are also welcome to work with our campus partners in TC Next for career coaching services, such as career exploration, career document reviews, and mock interviews.