MGMAT -American Colleges

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MGMAT -American Colleges

by perfectstranger » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:15 am
A recent article stated that only 5.5% of American colleges grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts. Citing this, a reader wrote to lament that this was further evidence of the decline of academic rigor in American post high school education.
Which of the following is an assumption on the part of the reader?

A The percentage of American colleges granting liberal arts degrees would continue to drop.
B All colleges should grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts.
C Most post-secondary scientific, engineering, and vocational training does not involve as much academic rigor as liberal arts training.
D Academic rigor is the most important aspect of post high school education.
E Of the colleges that do not grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts, many granted fewer than a quarter of their degrees in the liberal arts.

Please explain in a detailed way.
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by raunekk » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:29 am
imo:C

Explanation if its OA!!

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by Vignesh.4384 » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:35 am
I go with C too

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by perfectstranger » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:52 am
yes the oa is C

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by rolodex » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:00 pm
Premise: A recent article stated that only 5.5% of American colleges grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts.

Conclusion: Citing this, a reader wrote to lament that this was further evidence of the decline of academic rigor in American post high school education.

Which of the following is an assumption on the part of the reader?

Here the author clearly assumes that since the % of liberal arts degrees granted has decreased - the difficulty level has gone down. This will iply that only liberal arts education is rigurous.

Hence C.

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by khanshainur » Wed May 11, 2016 3:11 am
Answer C seems to be logical one out of other answer choices