From the Harvard Crimson: Graduate students at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who teach more courses than required for their degree programs no longer receive additional compensation under a policy that took effect at the start of the fall 2025 semester. The change, part of a broader overhaul of SEAS’s Ph.D. funding model announced to faculty in June 2024, eliminated the bonus stipend previously paid to students who taught beyond their program’s required teaching load.
Under the new policy, doctoral students who teach additional sections receive the same overall compensation they would earn in a semester focused solely on research. Instead of adding extra pay for additional teaching work, SEAS adjusts the portion of a student’s funding allocated to research assistantships during semesters in which they teach...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/3/4/seas-grad-students-pay-change/.
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