The following is part of a memorandum from the president of Humana University. "Last year the number of students who enrolled in online degree programs offered by nearby Omni University increased by 50 percent. During the same year, Omni showed a signific

The argument with conclusion that the Humana University have to begin to create and promote online degree programs is rather weak. It is based on the premise that nearby Omni University succeed in the online programs, and that the enrollment at Humana University has failed to grow, and the cost of maintaining buildings has increased along with budget deficit for the past three years. However, there are still some missing evidence, i.e. many question needed to be answered, as explaned in the following paragraphs.

First, dose the tendencies of student enrollment in the two universities the same? The enrollment to the online programs of omi university increased. But it doesn't guarantee the success of those of Humana University if begining. Maybe the trend there is just give up studying in university and get to work since the widely-opened profit opportunities. This question should be adressed in the argument in order to clear the doubt.

Furthermore, with the aid of online degree programs, does the the cost of maintaining buildings surely decrease? If all the circumstances of the two school and the enrollment trends are the same, it might be right, for there are a decrease of expenditures for dormitory and classroom space. But what if there are something different? Maybe the buildings in Humana University are just too old that the cost to maintain them will increase every year, and the most effective way to tight the budget is destruct the old one and build another.

In addition, can this policy really solve the its budget problems? To solve them, one way is to decrease the cost, while the other is to increase the income. It will need more enrollment then ever to increase the income, and maybe less use to decrease the cost. Although it seemed that can be reached by starting the online program, the uncertainty of choice of students are still a question. After all, they might choose the nearby Omni University for the well-known online degree programs other than the novel one in Humana University.

In the end, the argument is rather weak. However, if the questions above can be answered properly, it will be greatly strengthened. Hence, it is still hard to be accepted. There are no way that the committee will agree this strategy.