Word: tfs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very hard, when you know something very well, to imagine what it's like not to know something," he adds. "The majority of TFs we see have an excellent knowledge of the course material, but the one missing ingredient, in some instances, is expertise, and we try to help them by offering suggestions and critiques...
...Buck insisted TFs were unnecessary for manycourses and that the policy change was not aresult of budget constraints...
...said that although a letter about the changes was sent by Buck, they didn't talk to him about the matter and were surprised to find that teaching assistants had not been assigned to their courses. The professors said they wrote letters and called the Summer School office until TFs were finally found...
...professors complain that Summer School administrators made an abrupt policy change by requiring them to ask for TFs in courses that have customarily had them...
...teaching fellow shortage has led someprofessors to hire students from Harvard's otherschools and MIT to teach their courses. Inaddition, TFs often end up teaching subjects inwhich they have little expertise...