I had a very different experience, going to an "elite school". Basically kids teach themselves most things, and professors are there for clarification, in my ex

I had a very different experience, going to an "elite school". Basically kids teach themselves most things, and professors are there for clarification, in my experience. Also, are you suggesting that professors at elite schools are not overworked? haha. EDIT: I saw your edit. That's true, but is irrelevant. Most people lecturing are not in that position, unfortunately. Liberal art schools try to address that though. I tried to look up some stats for you, but unfortunately many schools do not publish. I tried to look for the distribution of classes being taught and the types of people teaching them. What we would have to see is the percentage of students being taught by a person whose primary purpose is to teach.