Financial Assistance

Policy and Procedures for Annual Assistantship

The department goal is to continue to provide every full-time ESCP doctoral student with a .25 FTE assistantship in years 1-5.  Historically, however, almost all doctoral students who have requested funding have received .50 FTE from departmental placements or from sources outside the department.  Moreover, the goal is for each doctoral student to have one university assistantship carrying a tuition fee waiver; all doctoral students in good standing routinely receive tuition waivers during their course of study.  Departmental placements are defined as any assistantship in the university with a PAF (e.g., departmental, Counseling Center, Women’s Center assistantships, funding from grants housed in the university).  

Fellowships are not considered in the assignment of departmental placements, and are viewed as additional financial compensation for outstanding academic performance. Fellowship recipients are required to receive a minimum of a .50 FTE assistantship in addition to the Fellowship. 

College of Education Graduate Scholarship Opportunities

The College of Education offers a variety of scholarships for students enrolled as education majors, both as undergraduates and graduates. Scholarships are a great way to financially support your education and are awarded to individuals on the basis of any number of criteria, including: financial need, academic achievement, choice of program area, public service, nationality or ethnicity.

Some scholarships are renewable or may be awarded to the same students in succeeding years; however, these awards are based upon continued eligibility with scholarship criteria; grade point average; the contingency of available funds; and a current, completed application that must be submitted each year.  Please note, should a College of Education scholarship recipient change enrollment to another University or another college within MU, the scholarship will be rescinded.

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