N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8, § 571.0
For purposes of this Part, the following are defined as:
(a) Employee.
All officers, full-time and part-time faculty and staff employed by the college, the college association, the college foundation, and the State University Research Foundation. (Exception: resident assistants, student managers or student workers are not employees.)
(b) Student.
All individuals registered in a full-time or part-time course of study.