Enrollment in graduate and professional programs tend to be high in a

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Enrollment in graduate and professional programs tend to be high in a strong economy and much lower during recessions. The perceived likelihood of future job availability, therefore affects people's willingness to pass up immediate earning potential in order to invest in career-related training.

The argument above assumes that

(A) the perceived likelihood of job availability has decreased in recent years.

(B) all those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs.

(C) perceptions of the likelihood of job availability are related to the state of the economy.

(D) those who enroll in graduate and professional schools during a strong economy help increase the economy's strength.

(E) graduate and professional programs admit fewer students during recessions.

tenben · Answer

Conc:-Perceived likelihood of future job availability tends ppl to pass up immediate earning potential & invest in career-related training.
Premise:-Enrollment in graduate and professional programs tend to be high in a strong economy and much lower during recessions.
Frame a falsification question
In what scenario -Perceived likelihood of future job availability will not tends ppl to pass up immediate earning potential & invest in career-related training.
In scenario when economy and job availability are unrelated i.e. strong economy will not mean higher job availability and weak economy will not mean reccesion.

With this prethinking let's dive in

(A) the perceived likelihood of job availability has decreased in recent years.  We don't know the stats if it is reduced or increased in recent years
 
(B) all those who avoid graduate and professional school during an economic slump do so because of the perceived lack of future jobs. @@They can percieve only under recession or strong economy but what do they do during a stable economy is unknown. Hence Economy should be mentioned while mentioning perceived future jobs.

(C) perceptions of the likelihood of job availability are related to the state of the economy. @@Exactly, they are related they provide the perceptions to ppl and hence they decide to continue or pass the immediate earning potential

(D) those who enroll in graduate and professional schools during a strong economy help increase the economy's strength. @@irrelevant to our cause

(E) graduate and professional programs admit fewer students during recessions. @@weakens it. A good assumption could have been that recession does not tend these colleges to have fewer no of admissions because if they do then our conclusion breaks.

tenben · Answer

I think the answer is option c plz suggest as their is no OA

shreya2512 · Answer

I understand why C is the answer, but why can't it be B?

Stmraj · Answer

This sentence is just capturing a part of the premise, definitely true but what about strong economy, so when we drew conclusion on both economy, it should be based on both.

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