劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 147

Day 147 We recommend that Grove College preserve its century-old tradition of all-female education rather than admit men into its programs

The following recommendation was made by the president and administrative staff of Grove College, a private institution, to the college's governing committee.

“We recommend that Grove College preserve its century-old tradition of all-female education rather than admit men into its programs. It is true that a majority of faculty members voted in favor of coeducation, arguing that it would encourage more students to apply to Grove. But 80 percent of the students responding to a survey conducted by the student government wanted the school to remain all female, and over half of the alumnae who answered a separate survey also opposed coeducation. Keeping the college all female will improve morale among students and convince alumnae to keep supporting the college financially.”

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五問：

（1）“It is true that a majority of faculty members voted in favor of coeducation, arguing that it would encourage more students to apply to Grove. But 80 percent of the students responding to a survey conducted by the student government wanted the school to remain all female, and over half of the alumnae who answered a separate survey also opposed coeducation”是事實， “We recommend that Grove College preserve its century-old tradition of all-female education rather than admit men into its programs”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）文中提到了兩個調(diào)查，這兩個調(diào)查的樣本具有代表性嗎？樣本數(shù)量是多少呢？是否有可能沒參加調(diào)查的人占樣本總量的比例更大呢？樣本可能有什么偏向性？例如：報名該校的學(xué)生一般會傾向于支持該傳統(tǒng)。那沒有報名該校的學(xué)生對該傳統(tǒng)的態(tài)度呢？是否可能存在這樣的情況，在改為男女合校之后，盡管有一部分在校生對此表示不滿，但招生總數(shù)增加了？

（3）80%的學(xué)生希望學(xué)校保持傳統(tǒng)，那剩下的 20%的學(xué)生呢？他們的意見就不重要了嗎？同樣，超過一半的校友反對男女同校，那剩下的那部分校友是否支持呢？

（4）student government進行的調(diào)查是否有可能是誘導(dǎo)性調(diào)查呢？例如：問題設(shè)置帶有暗示性，讓調(diào)查對象不自覺地選擇支持學(xué)校的傳統(tǒng)。

（5）保持傳統(tǒng)就一定能夠提升學(xué)生的精神面貌，并且使校友們繼續(xù)捐款嗎？男女同校是否也有可能實現(xiàn)甚至更好地實現(xiàn)這些目的？文中是否給出了充足的論據(jù)來證明這一點？