LSAT 103 – Section 2 – Question 05

LSAT 103 - Section 2 - Question 05

September 1998

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PT103 S2 Q05
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
81%
168
B
13%
162
C
1%
155
D
1%
164
E
5%
159
142
152
162
 +Medium 149.468 +SubsectionMedium

In defending the Hyperion School of Journalism from charges that its program is of little or no value to its students, the dean of the school pointed to its recent success in placing students: 65 percent of its graduates went on to internships or jobs in print or broadcast journalism.

Summarize Argument
The dean implies his conclusion that the journalism program isn’t “of little or no value to its students.” His evidence is that 65 percent of graduates from the program go on to secure internships or jobs in journalism.

Notable Assumptions
The dean assumes that the 65 percent figure is sufficient to say that the journalism program is of some value to its students. This means he believes that some of those students wouldn’t have otherwise secured journalism internships or jobs.

A
More than half of the school’s students came from jobs in journalism to improve their skills.
At least 51 percent of students had journalism jobs before entering the program. If that’s the case, only a small fraction of the other students got new journalism jobs at the end of the program. Thus, the program isn’t helping students get jobs as much as the dean implies.
B
Some newspaper editors do not regard journalism school as a necessary part of the training of a journalist.
Even if newspaper editors don’t think it’s necessary, it may still be helpful. We don’t know if this truly challenges the dean’s claim that the program is helping its graduates get jobs.
C
The number of cities with more than one major newspaper has declined sharply over the last 25 years.
If anything, this strengthens the dean’s claim. Jobs are scarce, so that 65 percent statistic seems rather excellent.
D
The program offered by the Hyperion School of Journalism is similar in quality and content to those offered by its peer institutions.
We’re not comparing across schools. We’re concerned with whether this particular program was of value to its students.
E
The proportion of applicants to the Hyperion School of Journalism that are admitted is lower than it was ten years ago.
No one ever said the program isn’t competitive. We’re concerned with its value.

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