Are public university classes really taught by assistants, not profs?

[Plainsman]

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This is not unique to large public universities. Top private universities also liberally employ TA’s to teach large intro. courses (Stanford et al come to mind). The only way to avoid this altogether is to attend a strictly undergraduate institution (e.g. LAC), where the faculty focus is on the college student (rather than post-docs).

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<p>On the money. The best LACs: no grad students, no night students (so no adjunct profs), no summer school. All the focus is on undergrad students and professors.</p>