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 significant decrease from prior years in expenditures for dormitory and classroom space, most likely because instruction in the online programs takes place via the Internet. In contrast, over the past three years, enrollment at Humana University has failed to grow, and the cost of maintaining buildings has increased along with our budget deficit. To address these problems, Humana University will begin immediately to create and actively promote online degree programs like those at Omni. We predict that instituting these online degree programs will help Humana both increase its total enrollment and solve its budget problems."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction 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 prediction.
中文翻译:
去年报名参加附近Omni大学远程教学系统的学生人数上升了50%.同年,Omni用于宿舍和教室的开支比前一年显著下降,很可能是因为远程教学通过互动电脑录像授课。比较而言,在过去三年中,Humana学院的报名人数下降了,而且用于房屋维护的费用和财政赤字都上升。因此,为解决这些问题,我们也应该开展并积极推广与Omni一样的远程教学系统。我们预计推出这样的在线课程不光可以增加我们的招生也同时可以解决目前的财政赤字危机。
写一篇回应,在其中讨论还有哪些问题需要被回答才能决定文中的建议以及得出这一建议预测的论证过程是合理的,并务请解释对这些问题的回答是如何帮助更好的评估文中的建议预测的。
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