The Arizona Board of Regents is set to discuss a proposal today which would partially - if not completely - eliminate tuition fees for all Arizona graduate teaching assistants.

True, the state may not be properly equipped to dole out full tuition waivers to every TA in Arizona, but need-based financial compensation for TAs needs to be implemented. After all, it already exists at 19 other educational institutions such as Stanford and Harvard.

That's right - nearly 20 other schools nationwide already give their TAs some sort of financial aid. Yet, 20 is quite a lonely number considering the hundreds of other institutions that provide no compensation for its TAs.

The University of Arizona is a prime example of one of these institutions.