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		labcomputer on July 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford Graduate Students Won Their Union Vote > STEM grad students often have much bigger stipends than humanities grad students given that STEM is more well funded. That was the opposite of my experience, actually.

seanmcdirmid on July 7, 2023 [–]

What school did you go to? In my grad school, there was very little money for humanities students, and they had to compete for TA positions. STEM money wasn't much of a problem, and most grad students could be RAs, and the opposite problem occurred (they were short on TAs).

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