[gowld]

R1 Research University.

Teaching mostly by TA, not Faculty.

Not a "college".

[moab]

Are you a professor at a R1 school? All the faculty I know at R1s (see CMU, MIT, etc) are doing quite a lot of teaching in addition to their research.

[hibikir]

I think he is mostly explaining the experience of many a student, which finds themselves, especially in the first few years, with very large class sizes and minimal interactions with professors. It's not that the professors don't do any teaching, but that your first two years probably feel like a scam, especially if there are many general requirements not tied to your major.

[warkdarrior]

TAs soon to be replaced by AI.