At the Tier 2 regional colleges that people here tout as the alternative to Ivy League universities with astronomical tuition? That's preposterous, you don't even get teaching assistants!

Most people here went do university, and they still have no notion how the sausage is made. Why is that?

> Most of the teachers are also more occupied with doing research than actual teaching.

This varies wildly across colleges/universities, faculty position, and department. There's enough variation that it's much more nuanced than your statement indicates.