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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sanjay and All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am sure that VP&D Spencer will chime in on this one as this is currently on his radar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">LSU A&M Graduate School does NOT control the GA budgets either (except for the handful that have responsibilities in the Graduate School). The GA budgets are handled by the academic Colleges/Departments.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Carol M. Wicks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean of the Graduate School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Frank W and Patricia Harrison Family Professor in Geology & Geophysics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Louisiana State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">121 David Boyd Hall (Graduate School)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E303 Howe-Russell-Kniffen (Geology & Geophysics)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:gradassocdean@lsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">gradassocdean@lsu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Ramu Ramachandran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 5, 2021 10:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> la-cgs@lists.latech.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] GA Allocation Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sanjay:<br>
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I will reply to the list so I may have the benefit of the input from others. As Dean of Graduate School, I don't control the GA budgets at all, except for 2 that working for me in this office. Our GA budgets are allocated to the colleges. In Engineering & Science
(which used to be my home college), there are no departments. So, GA offers are made based on qualifications but assignments are made based on needs. [Sounds like Marxism, doesn't it?] It is not at all uncommon to have EE and ME students teaching Physics labs,
ChemE students in Chemistry labs and so on. In the other colleges, it is more department-based but I did get a call yesterday from the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts asking if he could allocate a portion of his History GA budget to another department that
had larger enrollments and greater needs (temporarily, of course). The answer, in our system, is that it is totally up to the Dean of the college. I have no say in it.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Ramu<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/4/2021 5:08 PM, Menon, Sanjay wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was hoping to pick your collective brain on a conundrum I am dealing with. At LSUS, budget-wise, our current GA policy is allocate the same baseline number of GAs to each program regardless of enrollment, with additional GAs being funded
by individual faculty grants or departmental budgets. I am wondering if there are other models that I can propose to senior administration. My objective is to find a way to provide additional GAs to specific programs as a means to attract students to low
enrollment programs. Directly tying number of GAs to enrollment would make the problem worse, as programs with more enrollment will end up with more GAs and low enrollment programs with fewer. Simply increasing the number of GAs to low enrollment programs
will lead to charges of inequity from other programs. I will be working with individual program directors to attract funding, but that is really not a policy solution . I appreciate any suggestions you may have regarding a suitable policy approach to the
issue. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sanjay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Director of India Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>B. Ramu Ramachandran<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>P. O. Box 7923<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></pre>
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