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A recently published paper concludes that tenured professors or those on their way to tenure don’t enhance student learning as much as full-time lecturers outside the tenure system. Clearly, the difference between professors in the tenure system and other full-time lecturers has to do with the reward system for the former. The criterion for rewarding tenured faculty typically places a greater emphasis on research than teaching.
The above argument is based on doubts on the validity of which of the following statements?
A. A tenured professor is expected to spend greater time on research activities than on teaching.
B. Non-tenured full time lecturers are rewarded more for the research that they do than for their teaching assignments.
C. The universities are bound by the law to continue with their existing reward systems.
D. Generally, a tenured professor is much more experienced than a non-tenured full time lecturer.
E. No non-tenured professor focuses more on the research activities than teaching in order to become tenured.
The above argument is based on doubts on the validity of which of the following statements?
A. A tenured professor is expected to spend greater time on research activities than on teaching.
B. Non-tenured full time lecturers are rewarded more for the research that they do than for their teaching assignments.
C. The universities are bound by the law to continue with their existing reward systems.
D. Generally, a tenured professor is much more experienced than a non-tenured full time lecturer.
E. No non-tenured professor focuses more on the research activities than teaching in order to become tenured.
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It is more of a weaken the argument question, where we need weaken below statement,
"The criterion for rewarding tenured faculty typically places a greater emphasis on research than teaching."
As this is the argument used by Author to justify difference between student's learning from tenured professors and full-time lecturers. Option B Weakens the argument :
Option B: Non-tenured full time lecturers are rewarded more for the research that they do than for their teaching assignments.
If both (tenured professors and full-time lecturers) are rewarded for research work, conclusion doesn't hold.
Hope it helps.
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We can conclude the following from the passage:
1) The tenured professors or those on their way to tenure don’t enhance student learning as much as full-time lecturers outside the tenure system.
2) The difference between professors in the tenure system and other full-time lecturers is due to the reward system for the former.
3) The criterion for rewarding places a greater emphasis on research than teaching.
The above argument is based on doubts on the validity of which of the following statements?
A. A tenured professor is expected to spend greater time on research activities than on teaching. (Research is the main purpose he/she has been hired for. Its obvious that they will spend there time doing research, not creating any doubt w.r.t passage) (Incorrect)
B. Non-tenured full time lecturers are rewarded more for the research that they do than for their teaching assignments. (If non tenured full time lectures are been paid more to do research they will spend time doing research only, Creating indifferent statement w.r.t passage) (Correct)
C. The universities are bound by the law to continue with their existing reward systems. (No such law or rule is mentioned in the passage hence can't be concluded) (Incorrect)
D. Generally, a tenured professor is much more experienced than a non-tenured full time lecturer. (We can't say for sure who is more experienced and who is not) (Irrelevant)
E. No non-tenured professor focuses more on the research activities than teaching in order to become tenured.(Can't be said with conviction, as the passage above mention no sign of such activity by the non tenured professor) (Incorrect)
Answer is B
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1) The tenured professors or those on their way to tenure don’t enhance student learning as much as full-time lecturers outside the tenure system.
2) The difference between professors in the tenure system and other full-time lecturers is due to the reward system for the former.
3) The criterion for rewarding places a greater emphasis on research than teaching.
The above argument is based on doubts on the validity of which of the following statements?
A. A tenured professor is expected to spend greater time on research activities than on teaching. (Research is the main purpose he/she has been hired for. Its obvious that they will spend there time doing research, not creating any doubt w.r.t passage) (Incorrect)
B. Non-tenured full time lecturers are rewarded more for the research that they do than for their teaching assignments. (If non tenured full time lectures are been paid more to do research they will spend time doing research only, Creating indifferent statement w.r.t passage) (Correct)
C. The universities are bound by the law to continue with their existing reward systems. (No such law or rule is mentioned in the passage hence can't be concluded) (Incorrect)
D. Generally, a tenured professor is much more experienced than a non-tenured full time lecturer. (We can't say for sure who is more experienced and who is not) (Irrelevant)
E. No non-tenured professor focuses more on the research activities than teaching in order to become tenured.(Can't be said with conviction, as the passage above mention no sign of such activity by the non tenured professor) (Incorrect)
Answer is B
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