Does College Size Matter?

small ship and large ship representing question does college size matterAs high school students get closer to graduation, you’re likely to hear declarations that I could never go to a college that small or I could never go to a college that big. Does college size really matter and, if so, matters for what?

So why would college size matter? Theoretically, you would think because it would influence the type of education opportunities available.

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Are TAs Going to be Teaching Your Classes?

college students sitting in a circle representing TAs teaching classesIf you attend an institution with non-professional graduate students, the answer in most cases is yes. And they don’t have to be large schools. There are 37 schools with less than 5,000 full-time undergraduates that have at least 50 or more graduate teaching assistants. You’ll even have TAs teaching classes at Harvard and Yale.

How can this be?

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