LSAT 33, Logical Reasoning II, Q25

QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption 

CONCLUSION: Business school curricula should be developed by business executives and then taught by academics.

REASONING: Business school has been too theoretical and not practical enough. 

ANALYSIS: The argument assumes that business executives could add value and it is also assumes that the academic professors could effectively teach the curriculum. 

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1. This is pretty extreme. It’s only necessary that academics don’t have enough practical experience. They could have some.
2. As with A, this is also pretty extreme. It’s only necessary that academics don’t deal with enough real situations.
3. The stimulus actually assumes that academics are able to teach the curriculum. The conclusion says that academics should teach what business executives design.
4. This would support the argument by showing how useless business schools have become. But it isn’t necessary. It’s only necessary that business schools aren’t responsive enough.
5. CORRECT. If business executives don’t have any relevant knowledge to add then it’s not clear how they could improve the situation. 

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