Some graduate students not happy with provost's decision

Provost George Davis approved an initiative yesterday that would allow UA graduate teaching assistants a new tuition payment option.

After repeated requests from the Graduate and Professional Student Council to alleviate financial strain on University of Arizona graduate TAs, Davis announced that graduates will be able to have their tuition and registration fees subtracted from their university paychecks.

Davis said the decision came from his experiences as a teacher and graduate adviser in the geosciences department and knowing the economic difficulties of a beginning teaching assistant.

"The students have fees to pay and rent deposits to put down when they get here," he said. "It occurred to my wife and I that maybe we could provide some relief for their hardship."