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Research Assistant

Definition

A research assistant is a UW-Madison graduate student working towards a Master's or Ph.D. degree. An appointment involves work done primarily for the benefit of the individual's course of study and research and directly applicable to the individual's thesis or dissertation.

Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization)
https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/terms/174164/versions/204773
Data Domain(s)
Employee Record, Student Record

Related Dashboards

Name Type Description Responsible Office Data Domain Classification Access Restrictions Last Updated
Student Assistant Tuition Remission IDE
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Institutional Data Exporter (IDE)

This workbook exports a file listing student assistant appointments (PA, RA, TA, & LSA) that may qualify the graduate or professional student holding the appointment for tuition remission. Query output is limited to active A & C-basis appointments where the employed student has a minimum total FTE of 33% for all appointments in the term selected. Data reflect the most recent action and action effective date in HRS at the time the query is run.

Additional Info
Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment Employee Record, Student Record Restricted Employee Record Data Internal, Student Record Data Restricted
Request Access
08/30/2023
Graduate Student Funding
Interactive Data Visualization

This data visualization provides information about the financial support of graduate students at UW-Madison, including the percentage of fully funded students, their funding appointment types, and average monthly stipend levels. 

Additional Info
Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment Financial Aid, Student Record Public Publicly Available 07/10/2024
Graduate Program Profiles - Graduate Student Funding
Interactive Data Visualization

This data visualization provides information about the financial support of graduate students at UW-Madison, including the percentage of fully funded students, their funding appointment types, and average monthly stipend levels. The data visualization utilizes a Universal Program filter.

Additional Info
Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment Financial Aid, Student Record Public Publicly Available 10/14/2024
Graduate Program Profiles - Doctoral Career Outcomes
Interactive Data Visualization

This data visualization provides information on the early, mid, and late career outcomes of UW-Madison doctoral program alumni using a Universal Program filter. Reported data include employment status, job sector and location, and jobs in academia.

Additional Info
Office of Academic Analysis, Planning and Assessment - Graduate School Other Public Publicly Available 10/14/2024
Graduate Program Profiles - Completion & Degrees
Interactive Data Visualization

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program degrees, time-to-degree, completion rate, retention rate, and completion over time for the past four three year cohorts of Master's and Doctoral students. It includes breakdown by sex, citizenship status, and minority status, as well as filtering by degree level, division, school/college, plan, named option, and academic year/cohort. The data visualization utilizes a Universal Program filter.

Additional Info
Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment Student Record Public Publicly Available 11/08/2024
Graduate School Explorer
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Interactive Data Visualization

This data visualization reports student metrics over the past ten years for degree programs in the graduate career. It provides information on student admissions, enrollment, funding, degrees, program completion, and career outcomes.

Additional Info
Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment Student Record Restricted Student Record Data Restricted
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11/25/2024