The term Graduate Assistant is the umbrella term that encompasses all types of graduate student appointments. The following titles are used for graduate students at UNCG to help identify those students with duties that require higher levels of experience for the position held. (SACSCOC) Graduate Assistants who serve in multiple capacities should be given the title representing the preponderance of the assigned work. In all cases, a student who is serving as an Instructor of Record must be assigned as a Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA).