Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate assistants at UW–Madison will increase by three to four percent for the next academic year.
Changes to the minimum stipend rates for 2022-23 reflect a 4% increase for research assistants (RAs) and a 3% increase for teaching assistants (TAs), project assistants (PAs), and lecturer student assistants.
The Graduate School has published its Annual Report 2020-2021. The Graduate School, led by Dean William J. Karpus, enrolls approximately 20 percent of the student body at UW–Madison, over 9,300 master’s and doctoral students.
The Graduate School has released its Annual Report 2019-2020, illustrating achievements across the themes of service, diversity, and engagement. Read the full report, available here. Questions may be sent to graduateschooldean@grad.wisc.edu.
Employment policy for research assistants (RAs) has been added to Graduate Assistantship Policies and Procedures (GAPP). Published in May 2019 with initial focus on teaching assistantships (TA) and project assistantships (PA), GAPP outlines policies for appointment letters, orientation and training, leave benefits, grievance procedure, and more.
UW–Madison has announced another round of pay increases for graduate student project assistants (PAs), teaching assistants (TAs), and lecturer-student assistants (LSAs). PAs will see an 11.7 percent increase in minimum stipend levels over the current year’s rate, TAs a 2.5 percent increase, and LSAs a 20.8 percent increase. “Stipend increases over the past several years …
Graduate School Dean, William J. Karpus, has established a graduate student advisory board with membership from a diverse array of academic disciplines and perspectives. Karpus intends for the board to advise him on issues of importance to graduate students, and to help inform the direction of programming and services offered by the Graduate School. The board will …
Jenna Alsteen has joined the Graduate School as Assistant Dean for Academic Analysis, Planning, and Assessment. Alsteen will serve as the Graduate School’s point person on new program planning and development and review of existing programs. She will also lead Graduate School data efforts.
The Graduate School has released its Annual Report 2018-2019, illustrating achievements across the themes of service, diversity, and engagement. The Graduate School, led by Dean William J. Karpus, enrolls 21 percent of the student body at UW–Madison, over 9,200 master’s and doctoral students. “Over the past year, we have continued to focus on and excel …
A new policy document provides formal guidance on employment-related matters for graduate student teaching and project assistants and their supervisors. Consistent with university values of shared decision making, the document comes out of a two-year collaborative process involving graduate students, faculty, staff, and administration.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is raising the minimum stipend for teaching assistants on campus by almost 9 percent for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year.
The increase of 8.99 percent brings minimum teaching assistant stipends up to $20,000 for a nine-month, 50 percent appointment, and places UW–Madison at or above the median stipend rate at its public peer institutions. Many departments pay stipends above the minimum rate in order to be competitive in recruiting top graduate students.