【Flyer杀G】小组-7.22作业 argument 169

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169. The following appeared in a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.
"Some studies conducted by Bronston College, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male and female professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are also employed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attracting the most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving the morale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect all offers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money invested in this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have a chance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept our offers."
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        Citing some studies conducted by Bronston College, the author concludes that both male and female professors preferred their spouses live in the same geographic area. So, spending same money to give their spouses some employment will make the scholars be more willing to accept our offers. However, the argument relies on a series of unproven assumptions.
        To begin with, those studies, which seemingly reveal the attitudes of the professors about their spouses, are not convincing enough. The researches are mainly conducted by the Bronston College, which made the studies lost their independence and objectivity. Some researchers may want to lead such a conclusion. Even if the evidence does not lost their objectivity, it may fail to support the author’s suggestion, because the author does not give us the context of the questions: what the scholars mentioned are probably not their ideal working environment or their willingness. Without further evidence, the recommendation would amounts to a poor advice.
        Secondly, even if the researches exactly reflect the scholars’ position, the professors may not be willing to live with their spouses in the same town. As the statement above, employment in the same geographic area does not mean the employment in the same town, or even in the same university. The more opportunities to contact with family would distract their attraction from the academic affairs. Therefore, the suggesting offers to their spouses may not certainly move the gifted scholars and improve the over morale in the staff.
        Even if the result of the recruitement of new scholars will be in accordance with the prediction, the money invested in this effort seems no so necessary. As the studies mentioned, the fact that professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses may implicate that most of faculty in the university actually have accommodated their spouse in the near towns. In other words, the professors may have already solved the problem in their ways, and the more plans may be superfluous.
        Moreover, even if the staffs in Bronston College really want to keep closer with their spouses, the surveys do not positively uncover the average preference of the potential employee. We can reasonably assume that the recruit teachers are more of youth than middle-age or old people, who have a larger possibility of unmarried or single. And in that case, the new comers are more likely to overlook the whole project because they do not have spouse to be taken in the consideration. In short, the author may not defend the recommended project on the basis of the implicit investigation.
     In sum, the argument relies on what might amount to poor implication on the incomplete survey. To strengthen the argument the author should provide better evidence of the attitudes of the gifted scholars, who may be signed with Bronston College, and the clear evidence of the contrast between the cost and benefit of the whole plan

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