Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private colleges

[BTGmoderatorDC]

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

A) same in the sentence
B) between rising tuition and staff reduction
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

[deloitte247]

Option A: Incorrect
This statement is deficient in strength because the definite article ''the'' was used to qualify the verb and the noun.

Option B: Incorrect
This word ''rising''cannot be used to qualify intangible nominal subjects which infers this option is lacking in grammatical correctness.

Option C Incorrect
This statement used two connectors to differentiate two phrases which is contrary to semantics and the concord between both phrases.

Option D Correct/b]
This statement contains a connector and a conjunction which seeks to separate two possible alternatives. It puts the writer in a position of strength to offer the best of analysis on this basis.

Option E Incorrect
The statement contains two connectors and the word ''rise'' was use to qualify an intangible item which is not supposed to be so.