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The argument is that since higher education is constantly expanding its research it’s hard to say what college is like and what it is for.
A generalization is that people view college in two ways. One is for the benefits of going to college is for earning a degree to obtain a good job is referred to as “Utility U”. And the other is for the experience and nature of college which is referred to as “Utopia U”.
The conclusion is that we are not supposed to just categorize higher education in just two different views because research is constantly expanding.
A counter example is of “Utopia U” and “Utility U” because throughout the article the author is explaining what the two are but ultimately fails because he comes to the conclusion that neither of them are correct in what the purpose of higher education is.
A premise is the example of the caricature in paragraph eight “One reason this is a caricature is that people aren’t always found on the expected side of the disciplinary (and class) divides.” Because it supports the idea that no one has the same view of college. Another premise is in the ninth paragraph, “Like most of the students I’ve had since, they learned that what you can do and who you can be — the qualities of your skills and of your soul — are two separate questions that aren’t quite separable. And that college was a pretty good place to work out some answers to both.” Another is “The truth is that colleges and universities do a tremendous amount that neither of these pictures captures”.
Assumptions are found in the third paragraph where the author states “Many will be entering community colleges hoping to gain a useful qualification or to prepare themselves for a transfer to a four-year college. Others will be entering liberal-arts colleges without plans for a major, let alone a profession. On whatever track, quite a few will encounter Descartes as part of their undergraduate requirements.” Because it is assuming that a lot of students will learn about Descartes but the author does not really know if they will or not.
An analogical argument is that “If Utility U. is concerned with value, Utopia U. is concerned with values” because it is assuming that just because “Utility U” is concerned with values so is “Utopia U”.
A representative example which is also a premise is “Like