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The chair of OU’s history department knew his former adviser at Grinnell, Cole says, and offered him a full scholarship and a teaching assistantship.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 29, 2015

World War II and the draft were creating academic opportunities for women; to her delight, Dr. Yalow was awarded a teaching assistantship at the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2011

He had just been promised a teaching assistantship for the spring semester, and he had been in the mood for a celebration.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder