Identify and Describe Exigence Practice Test
•15 QuestionsRead the following passage, then answer the question.
Last year, our university promised that “no qualified student will be turned away for financial reasons.” This week, hundreds of students received emails announcing a new “housing guarantee fee”: $1,200 due within ten days to hold a dorm assignment. Administrators call it a “deposit,” but it is nonrefundable and charged even to students on full need-based aid. The message arrived after most students had already committed and declined other offers, a fact the university surely understands. For commuters, the fee is irrelevant; for out-of-state students, it is a barrier disguised as paperwork. If the university needs revenue, it should be honest and seek it through transparent budgeting, not surprise charges that punish the very students its slogans claim to protect.
The author is responding to which situation or problem?
Read the following passage, then answer the question.
Last year, our university promised that “no qualified student will be turned away for financial reasons.” This week, hundreds of students received emails announcing a new “housing guarantee fee”: $1,200 due within ten days to hold a dorm assignment. Administrators call it a “deposit,” but it is nonrefundable and charged even to students on full need-based aid. The message arrived after most students had already committed and declined other offers, a fact the university surely understands. For commuters, the fee is irrelevant; for out-of-state students, it is a barrier disguised as paperwork. If the university needs revenue, it should be honest and seek it through transparent budgeting, not surprise charges that punish the very students its slogans claim to protect.
The author is responding to which situation or problem?