Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.

There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.

According to the passage, what are two causes of declining business school enrollment?

A. lack of necessity for an MBA and an economic recession

B. low salary and foreign competition

C. fewer MBA schools and fewer entry-level job

D. declining population and economic prosperity

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A.

Key word: two causes, declining business school enrollments.

Clue 1. “The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street”: Thứ nhất là nhiều sinh viện học xong bốn năm đại học thấy rằng bằng MBA không đảm bảo có được một công việc sang trọng trên phố Wall.

2. “The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered”: Yếu tố chính thứ hai là việc cắt giảm biên chế của Mỹ và số lượng công việc phổ thông sẵn có thấp hơn.

Phân tích đáp án:

A. lack of necessity for an MBA and an econmic recession: không có nhu cầu sinh viên MBA và suy thoái kinh tế.

B. low salary and foreign competition:  mức lương thấp và cạnh tranh nước ngoài.

C. fewer MBA schools and fewer entry-level jobs: ít trường MBA và công việc phổ thông ít hơn.

D. declining population and economic prosperity: suy giảm dân số và sự thịnh vượng của kinh tế.

- entry-level (n,adj): cấp đầu tiên, không đòi hỏi quá nhiều điều kiện.

Đáp án đúng là A.