Buckingham College Dormitories Analysis

The argument presented is flawed for numerous reasons. Primarily, because it is based on the unwarranted assumption that new dormitories at Buckingham College would serve the housing needs of students, and that it will in fact attract new students, rendering its main conclusion, Buckingham College should build new dormitories, invalid.

First and foremost, the author of this argument makes the unwarranted assumption that students at Buckingham college actually need there to be additional dormitories. It is possible that most students at Buckingham College are actually commuters and do not live on campus. Espically since it is a college rather than a university, it is highly likely that most students who attend Buckingham College are already from around that area, and would therefore not need to stay in a dorm room. Had the author provided us with information regarding the number of students that actually do live …show more content…
While attractive new dormitories would indeed make Buckingham College more appealing to students and would add to the over all asthetics of the Buckingham College campus, we do not know for sure as to whether or not it will bring about the intended effect. Prospective students might be more concerned with multiple other factors that are not releated to the dormitories of Buckingham College such as: the quality of education offered, the number of programs available, the ratio of faculty to students, to over all campus enviroment, to state a few. While the dormintories of Buckingham College could be more attractive, other more important aspects of the school might be lacking, and should therefore not be neglected. Had the author offered proof, that most prospective students would be more likely to enroll at the Buckingham College had the dormiroties be more attractive, then this argument would been