“She was denied a teaching assistantship, although she was an experienced and excellent teacher.”

“My first job was a research assistantship looking at a new analytical technique called inductively coupled plasma spectrometry.”

“The faculty helped me secure a graduate assistantship for financial assistance.”

“That seemed almost obscene to someone who was used to graduate assistantships that were essentially break even propositions.”

“The percentage of students with assistantships for teaching and research ranged from a high value of 100 percent to a low value of zero percent.”

“Graduate schools often offer fellowships or graduate teaching assistantships that undergraduate programs do not.”