Course Assistant (CA) & Research Assistant (RA)
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Campus Resources
Stanford provides a number of additional resources for all Course, Teaching, and Research Assistants on campus that is not administered by the Department of Computer Sciences.
- Review the FAQs for Grad Students with Funding.
- A large TA support portal has been created by the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL).
- The official Stanford TA handbook provides information to supplement the advice on our site.
- You can find a listing of available Graduate workshops, many of them centered on the teaching experience.
- Students struggling academically should be directed towards campus tutoring services.
- Students in distress should be directed towards CAPS or the Bridge.
- Honor code violations are handled by the course professor and the Office of Community Standards.
- Sexual harassment can be brought to the course professor or to the Sexual Harassment Office directly.
- Students with accommodations, such as those needing extra time on an exam, should provide a letter from the Office of Accessible Education.
- Issues with the CA workload or the professor/CA relationship should be directed to the CA Mentor or Bettina Santos (bvsantos@stanford.edu).