research assistantship

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research assistantship (plural research assistantships)

  1. The occupation of being a research assistant.
    Velmanette began a research assistantship with a renowned classicist in order to build more formal research experience.
    • 1962, David G. Brown, “A Student Evaluation of Research Assistantships: An Analysis Based on the Results of a Questionnaire Survey”, in The Journal of Higher Education, volume 33, number 8, →DOI, page 437:
      If properly assigned and administered, it can be more than a source of income; in fact, some students believe that the research assistantship provides the setting for one of the most valuable phases of graduate study, because it acquaints the new graduate student with opportunities for research, with research techniques, and, not incidentally, with the faculty.

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