Northern Arizona University: How do graduate employees differ from faculty?
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NAU describes graduate assistants as students who perform teaching, research or service duties for a stipend; GTA, GRA and GSA roles have different duties and supervision, and a 20-hour assistantship can include tuition remission. NAU HR describes faculty as hired on contracts renewable under the Conditions of Faculty Service, so a graduate assistantship is a student employment/academic-support appointment rather than a faculty appointment.
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