An assistantship is a position of employment of an assistant.

An assistantship is a form of financial support typically offered to graduate students in exchange for providing teaching or research assistance to the university. It may include a stipend, tuition reduction, and health insurance benefits. On the other hand, a scholarship is a financial award given to students based on their academic or other achievements. Scholarships do not typically require any work or service in return.

First you must be accepted to a graduate program at a New York university or college. Then you must be accepted for a graduate assistantship through that institution.

A graduate student can get a job during their studies, obtain a fellowship or assistantship, or be offered a scholarship through the application process to most universities.

A professor is a teacher, so if you aspire to that endeavor, you'll need a teaching degree. You'll also need to pursue a graduate degree and a doctoral degree as well. In order to avoid the higher salaries, most universities aren't tenuring professors these days. Rather, the field is highly competitive for instructor jobs. Through grad school and the doctoral work, candidates often teach in the college classroom as part of a graduate assistantship (GA) or teaching assistantship (TA).