司法三等
110年
[行政執行官] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 48 題
📖 題組：
At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from small institutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regional campuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities. To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’ colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.” Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 students each. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students. The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliated with churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit. Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many of them were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community colleges continue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as a low-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less prepared element.
At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from small institutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regional campuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities. To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’ colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.” Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 students each. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students. The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliated with churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit. Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many of them were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community colleges continue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as a low-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less prepared element.
Which is one of the factors that contributed to the rapid growth of community colleges in the United States?
- A It is a major new trend to include as many rural students as possible.
- B The purpose is to handle the explosive growth of K–12 education.
- C Parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools in rural or small-town areas to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force.
- D Many community colleges were located in the center of the fast-growing metropolis to provide more advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere.
思路引導 VIP
如果我們重新看文章倒數第二段，文中提到『四年制大學（Four-year colleges）』通常位於哪些地區？這與家長和企業家尋求『鄰近（nearby）』學校的需求形成了怎樣的對比？這個對比能幫助我們推測出社區大學主要設立的地點嗎？
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太棒了，你精準抓到了這篇閱讀測驗的細節資訊，這題選 (D) 完全正確！ 我們回到文章的倒數第二段，這題主要考查「社區大學快速成長的因素」。文中明確提到，家長與企業家希望有鄰近且平價的學校，來提供白領勞動力以及藍領領域中更進階的技術工作訓練（advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere），這直接驗證了選項 (D) 的後半段敘述。 同時，文章運用了對比手法：文中提到四年制大學雖然也在成長，但它們多半位於遠離「快速發展大都市（fast-growing metropolis）」的鄉村小鎮。這段話反向暗示了社區大學正是為了解決都市的就業與培訓需求而設立於都會區。相對地，選項 (B) 處理 K-12 教育成長的是師範學院（teachers' colleges）；選項 (C) 則錯置了地點，將鄉村地區與社區大學連在一起。
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