<p>The tradeoff between the large research university and smaller college that does not use/rely on TA’s is one of resources – that smaller college may not even offer many of the courses where the student at the large U. is frustrated because of the lab TA’s accent – and when they do offer the course, they may be limited in terms of the resources that the lab has. That’s not to say that one is better than the other – just that it’s not all that simple of a decision.</p>