Logical Reasoning

PT23 · S2 · Q20 It has recently been found that

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It has recently been found that job prospects for college graduates have never been better.

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Job prospects for college grads are better than ever, and will likely continue to be so for the next decade.

Essentially, there is a scarce supply of college grads relative to the employers wanting to hire college grads - number of grads has dropped 25% over past ten years - most employers didn't realize or plan for this or think about the the fact that supply / demand of college grads could change and be out of equilibrium - there's been a particular drop in college grads in subjects with high demand (which will probably continue over the next decade)

Evaluate

This paragraph is too long and contains too many claims for us to try to anticipate where it's headed. We should give is a second read for deeper understanding and then head to the answers.

The gist of the paragraph is simply that for the next ten years, there will probably be a shortage of eligible college grads available to fill the job openings that demand them, which will make it easier for college grads to find jobs (and presumably they'll get better salaries as employers compete with each other to hire these scarce college grads).

Goal

Look for the most provable claim. Be wary of language that is Too Strong/Specific, Unknown Comparisons, or Unmentioned stuff.

20.

Which one of the following can properly be concluded from the passage above?

Soon, more graduates are likely
Opposite
This passage is predicting that there will be fewer graduates, more jobs looking to hire graduates.
3% picked this
Correct
Soon, there is likely to
Why this is right
This was the gist of the whole paragraph. The reason job prospects are better than ever for graduates is that there are 25% less grads now than ten years ago, and over the next decade, there will likely be a substantial drop in the number of students trying to graduate with a degree in math or engineering (which are subjects in high demand). Employers will be trying to fill vacancies with students who have training in math and engineering, but there won't be nearly as many students graduating with those skill sets. Since supply of graduates currently meets demand, and since supply of students for subjects in high demand is going to drop substantially, it seems very likely that some job vacancies will find a shortage of eligible graduates to consider.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
85% picked this
Employers are aware of changing
Unsupported: employers aware
The paragraph only tells us about stuff employers were not aware of. We have no support for the idea that employers are aware of what the survey is saying in the 2nd to last sentence. It's certainly plausible that they may be aware of it, but we have nothing to point at in this paragraph to prove that's true.
3% picked this
Soon, fewer graduates are likely
Out of Scope: fewer jobs
Nothing in the passage supports the idea that there will be fewer available jobs. It would actually go against the passage to say that there are going to be fewer available jobs since we were told that "job prospects have never been better and that trend is likely to continue for the next 10 years".
7% picked this
Employers who are well-informed about
Out of Scope: well-informed
The passage never discusses employers who are well-informed. We hear about most employers being oblivious (i.e. poorly informed) when it comes to the number of grads dropping by 25% and being oblivious to the idea that labor supply / demand might fall out of equilibrium. But we never hear about employers who do know this stuff. LSAT constantly tries to make us infer opposite qualities about opposite categories. For example, if we read: Janice is a librarian and loves to read they would write a trap answer like (A) People who are not librarians do not love to read
2% picked this

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