While political discourse and the media in the United States have focused on the rise of job outsourcing, few have mentioned the sharp fall of talent “insourcing,” or the drop in enrollment of foreign-born graduate students since 2001, and its dire results. The decrease in such insourcing will hurt America’s competitiveness in basic research and applied technology, with serious consequences for years to come. The de-internationalization of graduate programs across the country will also negatively affect the global outlook and experience of the American students remaining in those programs; they will not have the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures directly from members of those cultures. What distinguishes the decline of talent insourcing from the rise of job outsourcing is that the former can be easily rectified by a policy change of the United States government.

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the author’s claim regarding the impact of decreased insourcing in America?

What is the cost to reverse the trend of insourcing in America?

How does insourcing replace domestic jobs lost from outsourcing?

Since 2001, what has been the decrease in the number of foreign-born students in America?

What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students?

What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students?

Truly speaking this is easy if you actively spot the premise -

P1 : de-internationalization of graduate programs will negatively affect the American students since they will NOT have the opportunity to learn about the foreign cultures.

And also the question - most useful in evaluating the author’s claim regarding the impact of decreased insourcing?
Only D is relevant to the argument.

Lets look at E.
What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students? >>> Does it have impact on the decreased insourcing ? D has a DIRECT impact. E is just a possibility and will not help us pass a judgment on the impact of decreased insourcing.

D : What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students? >>> American students can develop a global outlook when insourcing rises. The trend reverses when insourcing declines. So it impacts both ways. Answer.
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The author is looking for the impact of decreased insourcing in America.

Only D meets that.

A) What is the cost to reverse the trend of insourcing in America? --> Cost is irrelevent

B) How does insourcing replace domestic jobs lost from outsourcing? --> Job Loss is not related to the impact of decreased insourcing

C) Since 2001, what has been the decrease in the number of foreign-born students in America? --> decrease in the number of foreign students has nothing to do with the impact of decreased insourcing

D) What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students? --> Now if American graduates do not have lot of opportunities to interact with foreigners who are not students then that is a big impact of decreased insourcing. CORRECT

E) What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students? --> effect of change in government policy is irrelevant

I pick D :D

If they can learn the cultures thru the foreigners already, then it is good enough.

Suddenly my failure rate in CR is increasing like crazy!..>Damn!

D was a pretty straightforward choice.
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D. quite clearly.

D. If students can learn about different cultures from foreigners other than students then the decline in in-sourcing will not hurt the students learning.
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