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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by tnecniv on Sunday March 01, 2020 @10:20PM (#22461376)
> However, all TA positions are deemed 20 hours of work. So you can't even work at the campus gym if you want.

This is not true at Princeton. Unless they are without funding, PhD students there commonly only work 10 hours per week (nominally) as TAs. The regular stipend is also generous compared to many other programs.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by hervature on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:51PM (#22461763)
From the same link:

"This means that international students on a full AI or full AR appointment are not eligible for additional on-campus work, even if the Graduate School employment policy would otherwise allow it."

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