Klarinet Archive - Posting 000419.txt from 1999/03

From: Mark Gustavson <mgustav@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] U of I faculty
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:15:13 -0500

I went to University of Illinois for undergraduate with a double major in
clarinet performance and composition and the only class I ever took in music
that used a grad student T.A. was ear training. At the time, 1981, there
were 1,200 students in the music school.

Mark Gustavson

"Edwin V. Lacy" wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, someone wrote:
>
> > Dan had inquired about the faulty here at U of I. Since have have not
> > been here a full year I do not know a lot of them. For my classes I
> > have mostly TAs or professors that are from other colleges that are
> > only here for a little while.
>
> I suppose this shouldn't surprise me, as I attended Indiana University, an
> even larger school. I was an older, master's degree student when I went
> there, so I wasn't much affected by this mentality, but I saw how
> undergraduates were treated and how they had to struggle. If an 18 year
> old freshman at such a large school gets into any kind of trouble, no one
> really cares. Such a person dropping out merely makes room for another
> student the next year.
>
> By contrast, at the school where I have been teaching for 32 years, at
> some other excellent music schools, no music major *ever* is instructed by
> a graduate assistant (TA). Sometimes our students don't appreciate the
> fact that they receive all of their instruction from regular faculty
> members.
>
> Obviously, no school is the right one for every student, or for every type
> of student. Still, after 32 years in higher education, I am often
> mystified by the reasoning by high school students which goes into their
> college choices.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
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