[mcgees@etsu.edu]

We are reviewing our GA positions. We know that we have several GAs who are currently classified as “administrative” but who are doing applied or clinical work (e.g., MS Counseling students working in the counseling center, MSN students working in the student health clinic). Institutionally, there’s concern that we have more “administrative” GAs. Do any of your institutions have a “clinical” GA category? Or would you consider this perhaps “applied” research? (I realize there are IRS exemptions for teaching and research.) But we need to classify these positions more accurately.

[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.

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