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Kelsi Rutledge, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, teaches a lab for Life Sciences 1: &quot;Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity.&quot; The life sciences division has recruited graduate students outside of the department to teach undergraduate students as well. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)

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TA shortage requires graduate students to teach outside departments

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Some graduate students teach undergraduate courses outside of their departments because of a shortage in teaching assistants. There has been a teaching assistant shortage in divisions like life sciences and physical sciences because the undergraduate student population has increased faster than the graduate student population over the past few years, said Victoria Sork, dean of the life sciences division.

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TA shortage requires graduate students to teach outside departments

By Yiling Liu

Feb. 23, 2017 10:04 p.m.