又一道LSAT题

znprc

题目是：
Top college graduates are having more difficulty demonstrating their superiority to prospective employers than did the top students of twenty years ago when an honors degree was distinction enough. Today’s employers are less impressed with the honors degree. Twenty years ago no more than 10 percent of a given class graduated with honors. Today, however, because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class, Therefore, to restore confidence in the degrees they award, colleges must take steps to control grade inflation.

Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would support the conclusion in the passage?

(A) Today’s students are not higher achievers than the students of twenty years ago.

(B) Awarding too many honors degrees causes colleges to inflate grades.

(C) Today’s employers rely on honors ranking in making their hiring decisions.

(D) It is not easy for students with low grades to obtain jobs.

(E) Colleges must make employers aware of the criteria used to determine who receives an honors degree.
答案是A - 匪疑所思？！

znprc

thanks for your explanation. but this increasing percentage of honor degree is caused by inflation is a fact given by the author instead of the conclusion the author draws, right? ("Today, however, because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class....")
Can we to support the conclusion by reiterating one of the facts?
Thank you for your time!

uclb5550

From choice A, you know that the academic level  has not increased. Contrarily, the precentage of students who recieved honors degree has increased. Without corresponding in the actual performence level, the increased number of students getting honored only means the deteriorated quality of honor itself. The choice A.