Instructional Positions
In addition to graduate assistantships
which typically remit all of the recipient's tuition, there is a subset
of UW-Madison academic staff positions that can potentially remit the
out-of-state portion of a graduate student's tuition. Although the
benefit does not cover remission of all of the tuition, this type of
position can be just as useful as an assistantship because the salary of
an academic staff position is often greater than the stipend of a
graduate assistantship.
Not all academic staff positions on the UW-Madison campus are eligible
for this tuition benefit. The eligible job titles include the
instructional academic staff positions. If an academic staff
position (also referred to as an “unclassified” position) is considered
to be instructional in nature and if its appointment is one-third
time or greater over the course of a full semester, the employee is
eligible for a partial tuition-remission benefit. This benefit provides
remission of the out-of-state portion of an enrolled graduate student's
tuition. In-state tuition and fees are not covered and must be paid by
the student. For additional details on this type of tuition-remission
benefit and for a full list of the eligible instructional academic staff
titles, see Section #5 of the Bursar's Tuition Remission Policy, under
the
Eligible Instructional Academic Staff Titles. Some examples
of eligible titles include the following:
Faculty Assistant
Faculty Associate
Instructional Program Manager
Instructional Specialist
Lecturer
Outreach Program Manager
Outreach Specialist
Current academic staff vacancies are posted online on the UW-Madison web
page of
Position Vacancy Listings. To find all of the eligible titles,
it is necessary to check both the "Instruction" and "Outreach"
categories within the PVL listings.
A special note about application deadlines: Although some deadlines are
absolute, others are not. For this reason a vacancy may be posted long
after its deadline has passed. In short, if you are interested in a
position that has a past-due deadline date, don't give overlook it; call
the contact person to ask if they are still accepting applications.