Text 1
Why does university cost so much?
Question 1 is based on ·         the eye-catching features (the title, information under the title, the section heading, the picture and caption and the information about the authors) ·         skimming (paragraphs 1 and 13).
1a. What problem will be discussed in this text (TEXT 1)?
The problem discussed is the cost of  higher education. b.      In the information under the title, what 2
"solutions" are suggested?
1. New incentives
2 . Innovations           Based on the eye-catching features, in which paragraphs do you expect the           "solutions" to be discussed?  paragraph # _7___ to paragraph # ___12__ .
c. Are the authors optimistic or pessimistic that the problem will be solved?
Check (ü) the correct answer: ü optimistic            pessimistic  Support your answer with a quote.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Business experts predict that America's universities will look very different in coming years.
(2 +4+ 2 = 8 points) Close Reading of Text 1
Paragraphs 1-6
2 . The authors mention the GDP (תוצר מקומי גולמי) of Sweden, Norway and Portugal.
What point do they want to prove?   (Do not repeat the information about these countries.) That the U.S does not invest too much in higher education as other countries. (3 points)
3 . Based on paragraphs 4-5, compare universities and private businesses in the chart below.
a. Do they try to save money? Explain.
b. What motivates them (מה מניעה אותם) to save/not save money?
c. How is success measured by each?
Do they try to save money?
motive how success is measured private businesses  they try to save  they do not try to save Explain: in that way they increase their profits MONEY : in that way they increase their profits The amount of customers attracted.
universities  they try to save  they do not try to save Explain: they are a non-profit institute. They do not care about profit.
POWER: a non-profit institute do not care about money but about  building their academic fame and political power The amount of rejected customers.
(12 points)
4 .
Give three reasons for the rapid increase in university prices.            1.   They fund powerful people like influential professors, the faculty, trustees and politicians, anyone who could affect their agenda  2. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­They believe that government will increase the financial support and that philanthropic donation would continue to be provided.
3. They believe that student would continue to borrow more and more money in order to get a higher education  (3 points) Paragraphs 7-13
5.
The author will discuss information, incentives and innovation. Skim par. 7-13
and indicate in which paragraphs each is discussed:
# of paragraph(s)  Information
8 Incentives  9
Innovation
1 0 (3 points) ….