<p>fish, like I said, your observation is interesting, but pointless since we have no way of comparing it to Northwestern. All we can do, is compare data that is available at both universities, in this case, classes taught by TAs. 2% at NU and 3% at Michigan. </p>
<p>Secondly, I have seen no evidence that faculty at Michigan care less (or more) about educating undergrads now than they did in 2007, and I have really kept up with such matters. Like any research university, large or small, faculty at Michigan are very involved in research and will not always prioritize undergraduate instruction. I do not think you can adequately and accurately evaluate or gauge how dedicated an entire faculty is to undergraduate instruction, and pointing a finger of blame only at large universities is unfounded.</p>