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The cost of operating many small college administrative offices is significantly reduced when the college replaces its heavily compensated administrative assistants with part-time work-study students whose earnings are partially subsidized by the government. Therefore, large universities should follow suit. They will certainly realize more financial gains than do the small colleges.

In the above argument it is assumed that

Select One Answer Choice

A replacing administrative assistants with work-study students is more cost-effective for small colleges than for large universities

B large universities usually depend upon small colleges for development of money-saving strategies

C the financial gains realized by large universities would not be as great were they to use non-work-study students in place of the administrative assistants

D work-study students could feasibly fulfill a similar or greater proportion of administrative assistant jobs at large universities than they could at small colleges

E the smaller the college or university, the easier it is for that college or university to control costs