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Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasi
Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasi
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2014-04-20
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问题
Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasingly hard to come by.
Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 4,000 jobs in the legal sector were cut in June and July, capping a 12-month stretch in which the field lost about 17,000 positions. Summer associate programs, often a stable track to future employment for law students, also fell victim to a sour economy.
But more law school admission tests were administered in the most recent testing year than ever before. From June 2009 to February 2010, there were 171,514 requests for the LSAT, a 13.3 percent increase from the previous year, says Wendy Margolis, communications director at the nonprofit Law School Admission Council, which administers the test.
With demand and costs climbing while job prospects diminish, what’s happening to the value of a legal education? The answer is debatable, says William Henderson, a professor at the Indiana University. He notes that in this economic climate, even a degree from a top law school does not guarantee a job.
But Ann Levine, a law school admissions consultant, says that dimming job prospects and increasingly high tuition have yet to deter those in her nationwide client pool from seeking elite placements. " People want to generally go to the best law school they can get into, regardless of costs. " She says. One of Levine’s clients Oriana Pietrangelo turned down several full rides in favor of a partial scholarship this fall to the University of Notre Dame Law School, a highly ranked school whose " name goes fairly far".
Reasons for tuition increases vary by school, though the pattern is that tuition rarely goes down. Instead, relatively
small tuition increases are touted as big news
. At Vanderbilt University Law School, tuition will increase 2. 7 percent to $ 44,900 before fees, the smallest uptick in 44 years, according to the school. Public law schools are feeling the heat of tight state budgets. Funding for higher education has been slashed in at least 43 financially strapped states, according to a recent report. Higher education funding in Texas, for example, was reduced by $ 73 million, and public universities in Indiana saw a $ 150 million decrease this year. The budget pressures are pushing tuition upward.
Still, law school officials voice continued support for ambitious students choosing a legal education, especially when the curricula embrace the changing tides of the professional market. " I think that law school remains a great investment because of the kinds of analytical skills law school teaches," says Paul Schiff Berman, dean of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, "whether you end up practicing at a law firm, or going into business, or going into government. "
By taking Oriana as an example, Ann Levine suggests that law schools______.
选项
A、haven’t lost popularity among students
B、are attracting all the elites nationwide
C、don’t charge as much as people suppose
D、rank high among all the universities
答案
A
解析
推断题。首先应该注意到Ann Levine属于法学院的拥护方。根据原文中所提turned down severalfull rides in favor of a partial scholarship,她的一个客户拒绝了几个全额奖学金,而去就读一所知名法学院的半额奖学金学位。这很好地说明了费用不是问题,法学院仍是学生们热烈追捧的学府,因此[A]项概括最为准确。四个选项中可首先可排除[C],Levine虽然认为费用上涨不会扑灭学生报考的热情,但并未对费用本身的高低做出评论。虽然可得到几个奖学金的学生堪称精英了,但是并不能就此推断全国的精英都被法学院所吸引,故排除[B]。而[D]项则曲解了原文…a highly ranked school,Oriana就读了排位极高的法学院并不能说明法学院的排位都是高的。
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