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GSI Appointment Fraction Distribution

Page updated December 17, 2007

The following table shows the number of GSIs in each Fall Term who are appointed at a specific percentage of effort. Each fraction appointment has a contractually agreed-upon rate of pay and specified work hours. GSIs appointed at .50 work between 16.5 and 22 hours per week.

  Fall
2003
Fall
2004
Fall
2005
Fall
2006
Fall
2007
FTE between .05 and .24 148 180 182 172 150
FTE .25 182 199 213 231 234
FTE between .26 and .49 129 125 107 111 132
FTE .50 1,112 1,074 1,114 1,1152 1,127
FTE between .51 and 1.0 111 97 105 111 103
Total 1,682 1,675 1,721 1,777 1,746

Sources: HR01 Human Resource data set and HRL01 Legacy Human Resource data set.

Note: GSIs may be counted more than once if they have appointments in more than one department during the term. For appointments less than a term, the FTE is pro-rated based on the number of days worked during the term. Counts exclude any pro-rated appointment fraction less than .05.

Office of Budget and Planning, University of Michigan: November 1, 2007



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Site updated March 31, 2008

Current or prospective graduate students seeking information on obtaining GSI/GSSA appointments should contact the academic department where they are enrolled, or plan to enroll. Information on all University of Michigan academic departments is located at http://www.umich.edu/units.php

Those seeking appointments outside of their current field of study may want to visit the University site designed specifically for units that customarily hire graduate students from other departments. That site is located at: http://www.hr.umich.edu/acadhr/grads/

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