How do different types of employment and benefits work through the summer?
Students are more often paid on an hourly basis in the summer. If a student is paid on a hourly basis they are not necessarily eligible for insurance, but if the student has been on an assistantship for the Fall & Spring and continues (even on a hourly position) and will be back on an assistantship in the Fall, then their insurance is covered for the summer. If the student will be paid on a hourly basis for the summer, then they do not have to be registered in school for the summer providing they were enrolled in the Spring and will be enrolled in the Fall. Students on salaried assistantships during the summer are required to take 3 hours per summer term or 6 hours over the 10 week term.
