they cant choose the rise of tuition.
they can choose to raise the tuition.

active vs passive

furthermore the proper idiom should be --- between.... and

swapna wrote:Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private colleges to choose between raising tuition and reduction of the staff

a.between raising tuition and reduction of the staff

b.among raising tuition and reducing staff

c.between raising tuition or reducing staff

d.between raising tuition and reducing staff

e.between the rise of tuition and the reduction of the staff

ans is d

Can some one explain wats wrong with e???

Scanning the option its seems a choice between BETWEEN and AMONG.

If there is a comparison in two things use between if its more than two things then use among .

In this case its between so eliminate B.

The correct Idiom is Between X and Y .

That eliminates A and C.

Only D and E remain .

E says between the rise of tuition and the reduction of the staff .

the rise of tuition this changes the meaning of the sentence , as in rise of a new dawn(beginning of new era) .

But what the sentence wants to convey is increase in tuition and not begging of tuition .