Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S3 · Q4 James: Community colleges

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James: Community colleges, by their very nature, work to meet the educational needs of the communities they are in.

James's Position

Community colleges work to meet community educational needs by their nature. Universities don't — their primary goals differ from those of community colleges.

Margaret's Position

A primary goal of any university is to serve the needs of its community. People attend universities for the same reason as community colleges: career preparation.

Anticipate

The clearest disagreement: James says universities don't primarily serve community educational needs. Margaret says they do — that's a primary goal of any university. So they disagree about whether serving the community's educational needs is a primary goal of universities.

Goal

An answer that James denies and Margaret affirms — about whether universities have community service as a primary goal.

4.

James's and Margaret's statements provide the most support for the claim that they disagree over the truth of which one of the following?

  1. Correct

    A primary goal of any

    Why this is right

    This is the disagreement. Margaret says directly: "A primary goal of any university is to serve the needs of the community where it is located." James says universities don't primarily meet community educational needs — that's the role of community colleges, and universities have different primary goals. So Margaret affirms (A), James denies it. Clean disagreement.

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

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  2. Most universities adequately serve the

    Half Scope

    Neither James nor Margaret comments on whether most universities adequately serve community needs. James says it's not their primary goal; Margaret says it is. But adequacy of how well it's done is not addressed by either speaker.

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  3. The main reason people have

    Half Scope

    Margaret says career preparation is the main reason for attending university. James doesn't address why people attend university — he only talks about what universities aim to do as institutions. Without James's position, we can't establish disagreement.

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  4. In a typical community, the

    Half Scope

    Neither speaker takes a position on what the primary educational need of a typical community is. James says community colleges meet community needs, but doesn't specify what those needs are. Margaret says people attend for career prep, but doesn't commit to that being the community's primary need.

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  5. The main reason people have

    Half Scope

    Margaret says the main reason for attending university is the same as for attending community college. James doesn't address attendance reasons at all. So we can't establish disagreement.

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