As Temple University graduate students strike for better pay and health care benefits, here's a look at what some other colleges locally and nationally provide.
At Temple, the average base pay for graduate teaching and research assistants is $19,500 a year. The union is seeking a 50% increase, while the university is offering 3% increases over the four-year contract. The university fully pays for health insurance for graduate students, but students must pay for children and spouses if they want to be on the plan.
The list below includes a cross section of colleges, including private universities — two of them in the Ivy League — as well as state and state-related colleges.
