MSW Student Guide
Section 3.06.00: Stipends, Supplemental Financial Aid, Work-Study Stipulations and Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Policies
Field Site Stipends
Field sites are encouraged to provide stipends for students, who are typically undertaking extraordinary expenses to attend graduate school. If available, these stipends vary in amount and the decision to offer a stipend is completely dependent on the field site. The UM-SSW works to support student stipends for field education through pursuit of workforce development grants and partnerships.
Work-study Stipulations
Work-study tasks and job responsibilities need to be separate from field placement tasks and activities. Students who are eligible for work-study financial support cannot count these hours as field hours. These hours must be accounted for separately and must involve different tasks/responsibilities and supervisors. The role of a student learner must be separate from that of a student employee.
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Field Policy
Students are not permitted to work as a graduate student instructor (GSI) for the same person who is their assigned field instructor in the same field site where they are placed. The role of a student learner must be separate from that of a student employee.
Field sites are encouraged to provide stipends for students, who are typically undertaking extraordinary expenses to attend graduate school. If available, these stipends vary in amount and the decision to offer a stipend is completely dependent on the field site. The UM-SSW works to support student stipends for field education through pursuit of workforce development grants and partnerships.
Work-study Stipulations
Work-study tasks and job responsibilities need to be separate from field placement tasks and activities. Students who are eligible for work-study financial support cannot count these hours as field hours. These hours must be accounted for separately and must involve different tasks/responsibilities and supervisors. The role of a student learner must be separate from that of a student employee.
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Field Policy
Students are not permitted to work as a graduate student instructor (GSI) for the same person who is their assigned field instructor in the same field site where they are placed. The role of a student learner must be separate from that of a student employee.