New Child Leave Policy for Graduate Students in Arts & Sciences
Full-time graduate students in
Arts and Sciences may take a New Child Leave as they assume care for a new
child, under the following conditions.
They should maintain full-time student status, either by registering for
at least nine credit hours (such as Independent Study, etc.) or as Continuing
Students. Students on New Child Leave
are eligible to receive their normal stipend payments for 34 working days. Additional time off without pay for up to
eight weeks will ordinarily be granted by the
If longer periods of Leave are
desired, students will be expected to renew academic registration as
Non-Resident Candidates. In that case,
continuation of Health Insurance coverage must be arranged directly with the
University’s insurance provider (without a University subsidy) or
elsewhere. Students are advised to
consult with