Q26

[marycreery]

I don't understand question 26 and I don't see where C is suggested in Q 28. Any help would be appreciated!

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

So, we need to figure out what makes a "resource provider institution" different than the other three classes of faculty rights.

The second paragraph describes three of them: Supramaximalist, Maximalist, and Resource Provider.

The third paragraph describes why these classifications are not quite perfect.

The fourth paragraph introduces the fourth class of faculty rights and advocates for it.

To answer this question we should look at the bottom of the second paragraph where "resource provider institutions" are discussed. There, the last line says, "Of course, what constitutes significant use of resources is a matter of institutional judgment."

Answer choices (A) and (E) are the best after a first quick run through.

(A) is wrong in that the question is not how to decide what are institution resources and what are nonuniversity resources, but rather how much university were used.
(B) discusses financial benefit, rather than split of resources.
(C) is not true, faculty under this system are still being exploited.
(D) is not true. A resource provider institution would not require that work is done completely apart from the institution.
(E) correctly describes the proportion of university and nonuniversity resources and how the split is open to institutional judgment.

Hopefully that helps! Let me know if you're still having a hard time seeing it...

You can find an explanation for question 28 at the following link:

pt43-s1-p4-q28-t995.html

[agersh144]

I felt really uncomfortable with the word "sole" criterion which I felt was unsupported by the text which explains it as a criterion but no where mentions nor infers its exclusivity. On the other hand I felt A was well supported by the text. I guess I can see the distinction in A by degree and constitution but further elaboration about A and E would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[einuoa]

I was also stuck between A and E when doing this question, but here's my take

A - lines 40-45 explains that the "significant use" of resources and facilities is the problem because it's so vague, but it never says that it's difficult to distinguish between nonuniversity resources and university resources. (Stepping just out of the question for a second, and think in real life terms, is it really that hard to distinguish resources between two people? University resources are probably purchased by the university)

E - I also had trouble with the word 'sole' in E but because this passage seeks to explain what the different types of institutional policies are, they should bring up all that's relevant, and since they only talk about the "significant use" factor, we can't really assume that there are other factors because there may be no other factors. This is why I think maybe "sole criterion" is actually okay.

[christine.defenbaugh]

I was also stuck between A and E when doing this question, but here's my take

A - lines 40-45 explains that the "significant use" of resources and facilities is the problem because it's so vague, but it never says that it's difficult to distinguish between nonuniversity resources and university resources. (Stepping just out of the question for a second, and think in real life terms, is it really that hard to distinguish resources between two people? University resources are probably purchased by the university)

E - I also had trouble with the word 'sole' in E but because this passage seeks to explain what the different types of institutional policies are, they should bring up all that's relevant, and since they only talk about the "significant use" factor, we can't really assume that there are other factors because there may be no other factors. This is why I think maybe "sole criterion" is actually okay.

Some great thoughts here einuoa!

I, too, raised an eyebrow at "sole" (and I think it's a good instinct), but ultimately went along a similar line of thought. To take it one step further, in the second paragraph, the author is laying out three models for the primary purpose of contrasting them. The only characteristics raised in this vein are 1) whether and how much use of university resources plays a role and 2) whether 'in the course of their employment' plays a role.

Supramaximalist: neither of these matter, uni takes all
Maximalist: #1 matters only for *whether* uni resources are used; #2 matters
Resource-Provider: #1 matters only if "significant use" of uni resources is made.

This contrasting layout suggests that this distinction is the only significant criterion that distinguishes it from the others - if there were others, surely the author would point them out here.

This is a great question to remind us that in selecting a wrong answer, we commit two distinct mistakes: rejecting a correct answer, but separately accepting an incorrect answer. While "sole" may be a somewhat clumsy (though not inaccurate) way to describe the thing that distinguishes the resource providers, there is no support at all for (A).

Nowhere in the passage is the idea that there is a vague distinction between university and non-university resources ever implied. The only vagueness associated with the resource provider universities is that "what constitutes significant use of resources is a matter of ... judgment." So it's the definition of "significant use" that is vague, NOT the definition of "university resources"!

Furthermore, even if that particular vague did exist, the vagueness itself would not be the thing that separates the resource providers from the others, as presumably if that vagueness existed it would exist for everyone. Even the vagueness of what constitutes "significant use" exists for everyone - it's just that the vagueness doesn't matter for universities that don't use that as a criterion anyway. What separates resource-providers from other universities is fundamentally how they make their decisions, not the vagueness of definitions.

Nice work einuoa!

[BerniceH762]

the question stem is "distinguishes ...from the other types of institutions", considering this, A is not a good choice, since other policies did not discuss about how to distinguish university resources and nonuniversity resources.