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Definition of "assistantship" []

  • An academic position that carries a stipend and usually involves part-time teaching or research, given to a qualified graduate student. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "assistantship" in a sentence
  • "Each SPGRA will comprise of a nine-month contract for the academic year for the student and a three-year term assistantship starting in the fall."
  • "No longer an 'apprentice,' swayed or, at least, influenced by the masters who had gone before him, he has here given us the first-fruits of his 'assistantship' in a work which expresses his own musicianly feelings, and in which we get our first glimpse of his true genius."
  • "Mr. Jiang apparently was still a graduate student on a teaching / research "assistantship" with Simon Fraser University, as of the 10-K filing date March 31, 2008."