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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.

题目讲解

【翻译】
我们建议Grove学院保留其已有百年历史的女校传统，而不是允许录取男性。确实有大部分员工投票赞成男女同校，认为这会使更多的学生申请Grove。但由学生会所组织的一次调查中，有80%的被访学生要求学校维持女校形式，并且在回应了一次单独调查的校友中超过一半的人也反对男女同校。因此，维持女校形式将促进学生的精神状态并且让校友继续对学院进行财政资助。

【分析】
论断：维持全女生，会提高学生的士气并让校友继续支持学校的财政。因为学生会做的调查中80%的被访者希望学校维持全女性教育，一半以上的校友在另一个调查中也反对联合教育。尽管大多数的教师投票赞同联合教育，认为这样可以使更多的学生申请我们。
前提，联合教育会降低士气减少校友支持，没有证据。
论据，两校调查都没有具体的总数，调查本身的可性度不高。而且可能会有其他问题使得他们没有说实话，比如女生可能都比较害羞。而且同意改变就意味着对现状不满意，有人会影响这种心理而不说实话。 ·比较扩大申请带来的收入和校友捐资减少。
结论：尽管学生真不喜欢联合教育，学校也应该从教育的目的考虑，不能一味顺从学生。社会是男女共存的，联合教育可能比全女生教育更合适。有可能80%就已经说明学生有问题了。

【提纲】
1survey。仅有一半的人同意不说明问题。
2没有证据证明维持女校能促进学生精神。而且很可能损害员工精神。
3没有证据证明该成男女同校校友就不资助了。