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题目题材：教育
gre argument 197题目：
The following appeared as part of a recommendation made by a faculty member to the president of a large university.
"Never once in our 150-year history as a university have we clarified our objectives. How, then, can we hope to adapt as an institution to the new challenges facing higher education(1). As a first step in this evolutionary process, therefore, we should send out questionnaires(2) asking faculty members why they teach, asking students what they want from this university, and asking former students what they gained from their own education here(3). When the replies come in, we can tabulate them and formulate an official statement of our educational mission. This will surely result in improved programs at our university (4)."
提纲：
(1)The author assumes unjustifiably that the university cannot handle problems in higher education without clarify their objectives first.
(2)Granted that the university need to clarify their mission, conducting the survey proposed by the author might not be necessary for that purpose.
(3)The answers of faculty members, current and former students may not necessarily help the university to clarify their educational missions, they may not understand the purpose of the surveys exactly, or their answers might be too trivial, or simply they are not insightful enough.
(4)The author’s assumption that the proposed actions would necessarily result in improved programs at their university is unwarranted.
注：题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。
