Re:Grad School Tuition Wavers to Be Taxed as Income in Congr...
by trentlott on Thursday November 09, 2017 @12:09AM
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As a grad student, I currently do. Losing two paychecks, though, would make my life really unbearable.
Why am I deferring the ability to save money for retirement?
I'm not taking lecture classes, but my research still requires tuition.
I work in lab at least 6 days a week. I teach labs for 150 students a semester for my department, and stay up until midnight writing/reviewing papers or grading. I get two weeks of vacation year, which I take over Christmas, but never the whole period because I need to get work done before teaching starts up again.
Nobody would take out students loans to do this. Our take-home is typically enough to escape financial worry, but not much beyond it. If the bill passes, you'll see a lot of students drop out with masters, and schools will be left unable to offer science courses to most students.
Why am I deferring the ability to save money for retirement?
I'm not taking lecture classes, but my research still requires tuition. I work in lab at least 6 days a week. I teach labs for 150 students a semester for my department, and stay up until midnight writing/reviewing papers or grading. I get two weeks of vacation year, which I take over Christmas, but never the whole period because I need to get work done before teaching starts up again.
Nobody would take out students loans to do this. Our take-home is typically enough to escape financial worry, but not much beyond it. If the bill passes, you'll see a lot of students drop out with masters, and schools will be left unable to offer science courses to most students.