<p>I met a TA at U of I and he said that teaching at U of IL was done by grad students and much of it boiled down to "there's the book, I'm going to read out of it now." Big universities: you're paying for the name and alumni base, not the edjumacation. U of I is a self served school, not a restaurant.</p>
<p>I heard a lot of great things about U of I and other Big Ten schools, but it seems like most (by the way he says it) professors could care less about undergraduate s. This is OK, since U of I is a research university. So, is it worth attending Illinois - seems like a meat grinder like other big state unis.</p>
<p>another thing he said, “Actually, you’ll be taking classes “taught” by grad students and one-year visiting assistant adjuncts. You’ll find all kinds of opportunities to partake in activities sanctioned by the university administration. Large schools are an excellent choice for spending money. They PAY you in the real world to put up with crap. In Soviet large research university, system OWNS you! and your bank account, too. I suspect that your thoughts and opinions wouldn’t be enough to convince food court counter lackey to get you a cup of water.”</p>
<p>hmm.. I have been here for 2 years, none of my classes are taught by grad students, the worst that I have got are faculty members who recently got their PHD.</p>
<p>i’m a first year business student, and 3 of my classes, including an economics discussion section, are taught by grad students. the other two are a film intro class and SPCM101, a speech-making class, which is required curriculum for business students here.</p>
<p>since most of my teachers here have been TAs so far, i’d say that assumption is correct.</p>