刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 74

Day 74 The president of Grove College has recommended that the college abandonits century-old tradition of all-female education and begin admitting men

The president of Grove College has recommended that the college abandon its century-old tradition of all-female education and begin admitting men. Pointing to other all-female colleges that experienced an increase in applications after adopting coeducation, the president argues that coeducation would lead to a significant increase in applications and enrollment. However, the director of the alumnae association opposes the plan. Arguing that all-female education is essential to the very identity of the college, the director cites annual surveys of incoming students in which these students say that the school's all-female status was the primary reason they selected Grove. The director also points to a survey of Grove alumnae in which a majority of respondents strongly favored keeping the college all female.

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

五问：

（1）大家应该注意到，原文以“However, the director of the alumnae association opposes the plan”作为分隔，前面部分是“ The president of Grove College”的观点，后半部分是“the director of the alumnae association”的观点。这并不是一个只有唯一论点的题目，原文分别描述了两个方面的问题，因此形成前后两个相对立的观点的过程是不是都必须被讨论到呢？答案是肯定的。“Pointing to other all-female colleges that experienced an increase in applications after adopting coeducation”和“the director cites annual surveys of incoming students in which these students say that the school's all-female status was the primary reason they selected Grove. The director also points to a survey of Grove alumnae in which a majority of respondents strongly favored keeping the college all female”是事实，值得反驳吗？

（2）其他学校的报名人数增加一定是由于采取了男女同校这一政策吗？是否可能是其他因素导致的？例如：邀请名师授课、科学合理地设置课程、学校综合排名高等。

（3）“The president of Grove College”将本校与其他“ all-female colleges”进行类比，以此来证明我们应该抛弃只收女生的传统。大家回顾一下：什么样的类比才是好的类比？类比对象应该具备什么样的特点才能促使类比成立？其他女校和本校的情况真的是一样的吗？比如在教学质量、学校环境、学费等方面。是否有可能其他女校因为报名率太低而面临财政危机，必须要改革传统，而 Grove College的报名率一直很高，因此没有必要改革。而且对其他女校有效果的政策，对本校来说就一定有效果吗？

（4）“the director of the alumnae association”以每年的新生调查和一项校友的调查为依据来证明自己的观点。每年的新生调查样本具有代表性吗？样本数量是多少？样本可能有什么偏向性？报名该校的学生一般会倾向于支持该传统，那没有报名该校的学生对该传统的态度呢？有没有可能男女合校之后，尽管有一部分在校生并不高兴，但招生总数增加了？

（5）对于 Grove alumnae的调查是否足够严谨？校友的话一定有参考性吗？她们支持该传统是否可能是出于对学校的感情？当时的情况与现在的情况一样吗？对校友们的调查是否应该左右学校的决策？学校做出决策的基本原则是什么？这个问题的回答将会在多大程度上影响最终的决策？决策的基本原则应该是有利于学校的长远发展，所以校友的意见只是一个参考因素，不是决定因素。