My girlfriend is a PhD graduate student and she is the hardest working person I know. The workload and stress that she experiences is far greater than the monetary compensation she receives. I wish to pursue a PhD of my own one day and contribute to my respective field of study, and knowing how little the institutions seem to value the work and dedication of graduate students dissuades me. It is borderline criminal.
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Biplabendu Das
4 years ago
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Just a gentle reminder that even if getting a second job sounds like a viable option, most international graduate students in the US are not allowed to work outside the 20hrs they are locked into by the university.
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Matthew Larsen
4 years ago
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The current stipend situation at UCF was unsustainable prior to recent inflation. It is not appropriate for UCF to continue to provide an inadequate wage for its graduate students.
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4 years ago
Grad students do a lot of unpaid labor and should be fairly compensated for it.
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Tahsinul Haque Tasif
4 years ago
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With the current salary of Graduate Research and Teaching assignments of UCF it is almost impossible to rent an apartment near UCF on your own. As a big number of graduate students are married and a good number also have kids, it’s very tough to share the apartment with other roommate(s).
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Alyssa McCaskey
4 years ago
Give grad students the pay they deserve!
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Jacqueline Cano Diaz
4 years ago
No one should be expected to go to school full-time, make not even enough for rent working for the school, and still have to hold an additional job.
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Atul
4 years ago
Because of inflation !!
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Errol Nelson
4 years ago
As a graduate student at VCU I stand in solidarity with the GAs from UCF.
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Alina Ageichik
4 years ago
I truly believe that this should have been already done considering all social and economic factors that changed since the pandemic started, and then high inflation.
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Anonymous
4 years ago
An upward review of our stipend will be a great idea at this time. It will assist us to focus on research and still feed and live properly while birthing novel innovations,
Thank you.
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Anamaria Morales
4 years ago
I am part of Biomedical Student graduate association… we have discuss this issue and I think we can work together…
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Rajendra Shrestha
4 years ago
Orlando is not Alabama and still, the stipend is lower than in Alabama.
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Anonymous
4 years ago
Good luck!
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Suvash Ghimire
4 years ago
True.
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Dipendra Phuyal
4 years ago
Because of the hike in the price of everything in the current situation, graduate students are having financial difficulties. So it is reasonable to increase financial aid.
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Nick
4 years ago
UCF needs to treat their grad students like the essential workers they are. Nothing less than higher pay and a union
I support this cause!
I agree that we need a raise in stipend.
I agree
My girlfriend is a PhD graduate student and she is the hardest working person I know. The workload and stress that she experiences is far greater than the monetary compensation she receives. I wish to pursue a PhD of my own one day and contribute to my respective field of study, and knowing how little the institutions seem to value the work and dedication of graduate students dissuades me. It is borderline criminal.
Just a gentle reminder that even if getting a second job sounds like a viable option, most international graduate students in the US are not allowed to work outside the 20hrs they are locked into by the university.
The current stipend situation at UCF was unsustainable prior to recent inflation. It is not appropriate for UCF to continue to provide an inadequate wage for its graduate students.
Grad students do a lot of unpaid labor and should be fairly compensated for it.
With the current salary of Graduate Research and Teaching assignments of UCF it is almost impossible to rent an apartment near UCF on your own. As a big number of graduate students are married and a good number also have kids, it’s very tough to share the apartment with other roommate(s).
Give grad students the pay they deserve!
No one should be expected to go to school full-time, make not even enough for rent working for the school, and still have to hold an additional job.
Because of inflation !!
As a graduate student at VCU I stand in solidarity with the GAs from UCF.
I truly believe that this should have been already done considering all social and economic factors that changed since the pandemic started, and then high inflation.
An upward review of our stipend will be a great idea at this time. It will assist us to focus on research and still feed and live properly while birthing novel innovations, Thank you.
I am part of Biomedical Student graduate association… we have discuss this issue and I think we can work together…
Orlando is not Alabama and still, the stipend is lower than in Alabama.
Good luck!
True.
Because of the hike in the price of everything in the current situation, graduate students are having financial difficulties. So it is reasonable to increase financial aid.
UCF needs to treat their grad students like the essential workers they are. Nothing less than higher pay and a union