The Faculty of the Graduate School – New Brunswick convened for its fall semester meeting on December 11, 2003.  At the meeting the following resolution was passed unanimously as the sense of the meeting:

 

Whereas, we are committed to advancing Rutgers to the top echelon of public research universities,

 

and

 

Whereas, an outstanding and diverse graduate student body is an essential part of every top echelon research university,

 

and

 

Whereas, our ability to recruit and retain such a graduate student body is now severely compromised by our low and noncompetitive stipends for TAs/GAs,

 

Now be it resolved that the Graduate Faculty calls upon the administration to make appropriate and competitive compensation for TAs/GAs a top priority,

 

and

 

Now be it further resolved that the Graduate Faculty wishes to express its strong support for fair and competitive compensation for the TAs/GAs.