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 Wendy Neill
                  Subject:Re: Pay rates for students
                    "Whatever you do, work at it with allI

I hate to bring up a topic again that has been laid to rest, but I would like
to see some responses to the comment from Dave Davis I have quoted below.  We
too, only pay our students from Work Study and have this dilemma about wanting
to give raises but only having so much money allotted per student.  Do some of
you use Work study as only part of their pay and use departmental budget for
the rest?  Are you using Work Study at all?

Wendy Neill
Computer Lab Manager
Baylor University


Date:    Tue, 28 May 1996 16:50:06 EDT
From:    Dave Davis <DAVIS_D@AB.EDU>
Subject: Re: pay rates for students

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        In response to the thread about student lab assistants and their
        pay rates I would like to bring up a related issue/question.

        I have noticed several responses on the student assistant pay rate
        issue detailing student pay rates of $6 to +$8.00/hour.  Here at my
        institution, ALL workstudy students on campus are paid by the college
        under financial aid workstudy awards.  These awards are typically $600
        a semester.  This is awarded money that the student has the
        "opportunity" to earn through work in a position at the college.
        We currently pay at the minium wage rate which gives me almost 142
        hours of service per student (assuming the student wishes to earn
        all $600 awarded).  To earn more than the $600 might cause problems
        for the student's financial aid package and put them into an over
        awarded status where they might not qualify for other grants or
        scholarships.

        So, IF I were able to get my pay rates increased for my "better"
        students - that is to say student taking on more duties and
        responsiblities, I would only be reducing the number of hours
        they would be able to work for me.   (For example, $600 @ $7/hour
        would only give them 85 hours in a semester of work)
        They in effect would not be able to make any more than any other
        student, only in a shorter amount of time.

        Does paying a higher rate to inspire better work from the "better"
        students make sense if it means getting less work from them?
        Currently, my incentive is - "the extra responsiblities will provide
        you with more experience and a better recommendation when applying
        for a job after graduation" - but to be honest, that doesn't seem
        to get produce much.  Are other restricted by a financial aid
        award policy? Comments?

-dave