HR-204 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Titles

Summary

Student employees hired to work for the University should be pursuing an academic program at the University, hired into a student title, and not be scheduled to work more than an average of 28 hours per week across all concurrent university jobs during any measurement period.¹

Policy

Per Collected Rules and Regulations (CRR), Section 320.050: Employee Status (Amended Bd. Min 10-01-19):

CRR paragraph D:

Student Employees: A University employee that is enrolled as a student at the University of Missouri and whose primary association with the University is related to the pursuit of an academic program. Because academic pursuit is the primary purpose of the student role, Student Employees should not be scheduled to work more than an average of 28 hours per week across all concurrent University jobs during the measurement period [1] and should be in a student title as described in HR-204 Student Position Titles.

[1] Measurement and Stability Periods are designated by the University in accordance with Section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Further HR Policy Provisions

Additional HR-204 policy provisions below in accordance with CRR 320.050:

1. Criteria for Use of Student Titles
   
   1. The individual must be a University of Missouri student.
   2. Enrollment during summer is not required as long as the student was enrolled during the spring semester or is admitted or enrolled for the fall semester.
   3. The individual's employment is not required to be in their field of study as an undergraduate but may be required for graduate assistantship appointments.
2. Campuses may develop an expansion of these guidelines to further limit number of hours worked, establish number of hours enrolled, requirements to hold graduate appointments, level of compensation, etc.
3. University student titles
   

   Student Titles - Graduate
   Graduate Assistant	4710
   Graduate Fellow	4680
   Graduate Instructor	4685
   Graduate Library Assistant	4690
   Graduate Research Assistant	4715
   Graduate Teaching Assistant	4717
   Student Titles - All Students
   Peer Learning Assistant	6669
   Student Assistant Clerical	4022
   Student Assistant Crafts and Services	4023
   Student Assistant Paraprofessional	4024
   Student Assistant Research	4025
   Student Assistant Teaching	4026
   Student Assistant Technical	4027
   Student Assistant Information Technology	4029
   Healthcare Student Assistant	6941

See Also

Section 320.050: Employee Status
HR-101 Employee Status 
HR-102 Equal Employment Opportunity 

Date Created: 09/26/1997
Updated: 09/01/2000; 11/01/2001; 03/03/2004; 09/15/2013; 12/01/2015; 10/29/2020