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<p>Perhaps there is for the future academic types, but perhaps not in some of the Frosh intro courses, where it just may not matter. Heck, the terminal MA/MS student could end up being a “better” teacher than a PhD student, who doesn’t care one whit about pesky undergrads. Some “better” English 1/Writing instructors just may be non-PhD students – MA or adjuncts, who appreciate the opportunity to make Frosh better writers. (It doesn’t take an esoteric PhD expert on Shakespeare to teach Writing 1.)</p>