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Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Those who suggest that higher education should be offered to all for free are wrong. The cost of providing higher education will most likely be more than its benefits. Many vocational jobs require apprenticeships and in-house training, rather than a college degree. In fact, this would likely further exacerbate the unemployment issue, since ___________________.
(A) there would be no way for government to recover the extra money that it has spent on providing free higher education
(B) there are more vocational jobs available currently than jobs requiring higher education
(C) there would simply be more qualified candidates vying for the same number of jobs
(D) the sole purpose of higher education should not be to get jobs
(E) the population of people in the working age group is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years
Those who suggest that higher education should be offered to all for free are wrong. The cost of providing higher education will most likely be more than its benefits. Many vocational jobs require apprenticeships and in-house training, rather than a college degree. In fact, this would likely further exacerbate the unemployment issue, since ___________________.
(A) there would be no way for government to recover the extra money that it has spent on providing free higher education
(B) there are more vocational jobs available currently than jobs requiring higher education
(C) there would simply be more qualified candidates vying for the same number of jobs
(D) the sole purpose of higher education should not be to get jobs
(E) the population of people in the working age group is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years
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Imo B is the correct answer as free higher edu will make them more qualified for the vocational jobs hence many of them won't apply for these jobs and would be more focused for getting through the jobs that needs college degree
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Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Those who suggest that higher education should be offered to all for free are wrong. The cost of providing higher education will most likely be more than its benefits. Many vocational jobs require apprenticeships and in-house training, rather than a college degree. In fact, this would likely further exacerbate the unemployment issue, since ___________________.
(A) there would be no way for government to recover the extra money that it has spent on providing free higher education
(B) there are more vocational jobs available currently than jobs requiring higher education
(C) there would simply be more qualified candidates vying for the same number of jobs
(D) the sole purpose of higher education should not be to get jobs
(E) the population of people in the working age group is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years
Those who suggest that higher education should be offered to all for free are wrong. The cost of providing higher education will most likely be more than its benefits. Many vocational jobs require apprenticeships and in-house training, rather than a college degree. In fact, this would likely further exacerbate the unemployment issue, since ___________________.
(A) there would be no way for government to recover the extra money that it has spent on providing free higher education
(B) there are more vocational jobs available currently than jobs requiring higher education
(C) there would simply be more qualified candidates vying for the same number of jobs
(D) the sole purpose of higher education should not be to get jobs
(E) the population of people in the working age group is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years
Official Explanation
Answer: C
Since the leading word into the blank is since, we need to strengthen the conclusion that offering higher education for free will worsen the problem of unemployment. C does this by suggesting that since many of the available jobs do not require a higher education degree (they instead require some vocational knowledge), those who receive higher education for free will only add to the number of people who were competing for the jobs available to that applicant pool. Thus, the unemployment problem will get worsened because the number of people seeking jobs will increase but the number of jobs available will remain the same.
(A) Even if the government cannot recover the extra money it has spent, there is no reason why the unemployment situation should get worsened.
(B) This is already stated in the argument but we need to explain how this fact will lead to a worsening of the unemployment situation.
(C) The correct answer.
(D) The argument is limited to getting jobs so this option is outside the scope of the argument.
(E) This fact has no connection with the worsening of the unemployment problem because of the availability of free higher education.
