In defending the Hyperion School

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct71% picked this

   More than half of the school’s students came from jobs in journalism to

   Why this is right

   If more than half of the school's students were already employed in journalism and returned to improve their skills, the success in job placements could be attributed to their prior experience and not necessarily the value added by the Hyperion School's program. To put it another way, they didn't need this school to get an internship / job in journalism. They had already done that before they came to the school (Effect w/o Cause). So this undermines the idea that the School provided them with the value of "being able to get a job in journalism". The dean was assuming a difference: that before they came to the school, they wouldn't have been able to get these jobs.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   71%
2. B

   Weaker Impact15% picked this

   Some newspaper editors do not regard journalism schools as a necessary part of the training

   It somewhat undercuts the dean's evidence to hear that some people who are hiring for journalism positions don't consider going to a journalism school a necessity. But this is very weak because it's only talking about "some editors" (at least one), and the dean was never saying that you HAVE to go to a school to get a job. She was just saying that getting students a job was part of the value the school provided.

   15%
3. C

   No Impact2% picked this

   The number of cities with more than one major newspaper has declined sharply over the

   The number of cities with multiple newspapers doesn't impact whether the program directly contributes to its graduates' success in securing jobs or internships, or otherwise offers value to its students.

   2%
4. D

   Unclear Impact2% picked this

   The program offered by the Hyperion School of Journalism is similar in quality and content to those offered

   In order for this do do anything, we'd have to know whether the peer institution do or don't provide something valuable to their students. Without knowing that, the fact these schools are all pretty similar doesn't tell us whether or not they're valuable.

   2%
5. E

   No Impact9% picked this

   The proportion of applicants to the Hyperion School of Journalism that are admitted is lower than it

   The change in the proportion of applicants admitted over the years does not directly relate to the program's value or its graduates' placement success. This just sounds like it's harder to get admitted to the Hyperion School these days, but that doesn't directly speak to whether the school provides any value (if anything, it sounds like students perceive that it DOES provide value, if the application process has become more competitive).

   9%