[coxka@ecu.edu]

We do not have a clinical category and I don’t think we would use the assistantship process for what you are describing. We definitely do not allow administrative assistantships with Graduate School funds, but a College could pay for a student receptionist if they wanted, but we would not want to see that as an assistantship. We would want to see that type of position go through Human Resources as an hourly, temp student worker. We are refining our definitions to include the idea that the assistantship has to be related to their program of study. If it is not, then it should be an hourly temp student worker transaction, not an assistantship. At least that’s the direction I think we are going.