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Question:
The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the financial planning office to the administration of Fern Valley University:
"In the past few years, Fern Valley University has suffered from a decline in both enrollments and admissions applications. The reason can be discovered from our students, who most often cite poor teaching and inadequate library resources as their chief sources of dissatisfaction with Fern Valley. Therefore, in order to increase the number of students attending our university, and hence to regain our position as the most prestigious university in the greater Fern Valley metropolitan area, it is necessary to initiate a fund-raising campaign among the alumni that will enable us to expand the range of subjects we teach and to increase the size of our library facilities."
?Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
Your work:
The argument that Fern Valley University needs to initiate a fund-raising campaign to expand the range of subjects and increase the size of library facilities was bolstered by the author with evidence as follows. It suggests that Fern Valley University has suffered from a decline in both enrollments and admissions applications due to poor teaching and inadequate library resources. The argument seems logical and reasonable at first glance, but further examination would reveal that the deduction conducted here is actually logical flawed an groundless. After a quick but careful analysis, we can easily identify several logical flaws that render the author;s line of reasoning questionable.
First of all, the author proposes that the Fern Valley University needs to expand the range of subjects. However, we found the assumption of this argument in the article is poor teaching discovered from the students. Since poor teaching usually caused from poor teachers other than the range of subjects. Thus, it is not reasonable to expand the range of subjects due to poor teaching.
Second, the author asserts that the Fern Valley University needs to increase the size of their library facilities based on inadequate library resources discovered from their students. However, inadequate library resources mean insufficient books, data or other academic information, it cannot be compensated for the size of library facilities. Hence, it also doesn't help with the university.
In summary, the argument leaves out several key issue, it is not persuasive or sound as it stands. It could be considerably strengthened if the author clearly mentioned all reasonable facts relevant to the Fern Valley University. In order to assess the merits of the situation, it is essential to have full knowledge of all contributing factors. To further corroborate and conlidate the argument, the author should provide concrete evidence to demonstrate that what kind of actions taken woud help with poor teaching and library resources drawn from the article would further substantiate the author's view.
Question:
The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the financial planning office to the administration of Fern Valley University:
"In the past few years, Fern Valley University has suffered from a decline in both enrollments and admissions applications. The reason can be discovered from our students, who most often cite poor teaching and inadequate library resources as their chief sources of dissatisfaction with Fern Valley. Therefore, in order to increase the number of students attending our university, and hence to regain our position as the most prestigious university in the greater Fern Valley metropolitan area, it is necessary to initiate a fund-raising campaign among the alumni that will enable us to expand the range of subjects we teach and to increase the size of our library facilities."
?Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
Your work:
The argument that Fern Valley University needs to initiate a fund-raising campaign to expand the range of subjects and increase the size of library facilities was bolstered by the author with evidence as follows. It suggests that Fern Valley University has suffered from a decline in both enrollments and admissions applications due to poor teaching and inadequate library resources. The argument seems logical and reasonable at first glance, but further examination would reveal that the deduction conducted here is actually logical flawed an groundless. After a quick but careful analysis, we can easily identify several logical flaws that render the author;s line of reasoning questionable.
First of all, the author proposes that the Fern Valley University needs to expand the range of subjects. However, we found the assumption of this argument in the article is poor teaching discovered from the students. Since poor teaching usually caused from poor teachers other than the range of subjects. Thus, it is not reasonable to expand the range of subjects due to poor teaching.
Second, the author asserts that the Fern Valley University needs to increase the size of their library facilities based on inadequate library resources discovered from their students. However, inadequate library resources mean insufficient books, data or other academic information, it cannot be compensated for the size of library facilities. Hence, it also doesn't help with the university.
In summary, the argument leaves out several key issue, it is not persuasive or sound as it stands. It could be considerably strengthened if the author clearly mentioned all reasonable facts relevant to the Fern Valley University. In order to assess the merits of the situation, it is essential to have full knowledge of all contributing factors. To further corroborate and conlidate the argument, the author should provide concrete evidence to demonstrate that what kind of actions taken woud help with poor teaching and library resources drawn from the article would further substantiate the author's view.
