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24 Mar 2025, 00:30
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American community colleges are entering an era that in some ways parallels the 1960s in terms of the need for new staff and their development of new skills to meet the challenges of the decade ahead. Increasingly, community college leaders are examining their future staffing needs, often with some startling results. For example, in California, approximately 40 percent of full-time faculty will be eligible for retirement in the next six years, with another 18 percent only a few years away. Obviously, the need to recruit and provide staff development for a substantial new cadre of faculty is upon us now.
If we assume the information in this passage is true, which of the following, if true, would strengthen the argument further?
A. Community colleges needed new staff in the 1960s.
B. Community college leaders are often startled by their future staffing needs.
C. There is a need to recruit and provide staff development for a new cadre of faculty.
D. All full-time faculty in California who become eligible for retirement will retire immediately.
E. The decade ahead will be challenging for American community colleges.
If we assume the information in this passage is true, which of the following, if true, would strengthen the argument further?
A. Community colleges needed new staff in the 1960s.
B. Community college leaders are often startled by their future staffing needs.
C. There is a need to recruit and provide staff development for a new cadre of faculty.
D. All full-time faculty in California who become eligible for retirement will retire immediately.
E. The decade ahead will be challenging for American community colleges.
24 Mar 2025, 12:33
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The Argument mentions that the situation of 1960s has returned , with shortage of new teaching staffs. California is expecting 40% retirement of existing teaching staff. And the last line, mentions the dire need for recruiting new teachers with immediate effect.
In the light of the above argument . The only option which strengthens the need for recruitment is option D.
If all existing teaching staff has retired immediately, the need has risen sharply.
06 Apr 2025, 05:00
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Official explanation:
D.
(D) The conclusion is that American community colleges need to recruit and provide staff development for a new cadre of faculty. If we accept this as true, merely restating it (C) doesn't strengthen the argument further. Similarly, if we have accepted the writer's assertions that community colleges needed new staff in the 1960s (A), leaders are often startled by staff needs (B), and the decade ahead will be challenging for the colleges (E), then restating these won't strengthen the argument. The main premise is the example that 40% of California's full-time faculty will be eligible for retirement in the next six years. If these faculty members retired (D), then this would strengthen the claim that colleges need to worry about staffing.
