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[quote=Anonymous]I think there's a value to undergrads having instructors at all stages of the academic career path, because they all bring different kinds of expertise, experience, etc., from the young and freshly minted to the senior and very experienced.

Big reasons to want full-time, ongoing faculty in courses is the chance to develop a relationship over several years with profs who can watch a student develop and be in a position to write for them at the end of their degree and for years beyond. A TA or adjunct professor is very unlikely to be around through and beyond any given student's undergraduate career and, well-intentioned as they may be, they are not being paid to be fully available to students in an ongoing way.

I write as someone who loved teaching when I was a grad student and have taught on the tenure track and off at both small colleges and large universities. No question that the students I taught as undergraduates from intro through senior courses at the small college where I was tenure-track were the ones I remember and remain in touch with and can continue to support in various ways long after graduation. [/quote]

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