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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But if there are hundreds of students in the class, the kids who are struggling will have to go to TA's with their questions, not the single, busy professor. That is not the case at all at a SLAC.

Professors there are easy to access and generous with their time. The class has say, 19 to 30 students. And my child has NEVER had anyone but a PhD teach her classes.I never even saw someone in the department faculty listing with only a Masters degree.

I am not sure what school you are referring to...but this is my kid's experience at a SLAC ranked between 50 and 100 nationally.[/quote]

Having a PhD doesn’t make someone a good teacher (learning how to teach isn’t part of the curriculum) — nor does working at a SLAC make someone a good teacher (job market doesn’t work that way). TAs are more approachable and more likely to remember how/when they learned the stuff they’re teaching. For these reasons, TAs are the first stop (and only stop) for many undergrads, but profs are available too and they all have weekly office hours for students to drop in. [/quote]

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