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Teaching assistants averaged a total of 15 hours per week in contact hours with students, office hours, or assisting faculty with grading or other instruction-related activities. Not included in this total are hours spent preparing for classes. Thus, the total time that teaching assistants devote to fulfilling their responsibilities is likely to be higher, especially for those individuals who have full responsibility for a course.
Graduate and first-professional students form a diverse group. In 1999–2000, some notable differences in student characteristics, enrollment patterns, and methods of paying for postbaccalaureate education existed across the major program levels (master's, doctoral, and first-professional), but differences existed within levels as well.
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