Article Textual Rhetorical Analysis revision- italics are original with he bold being a possible revision solution.
Vanessa Miller mainly uses logos in her article of Tuition hike in Iowa could Just be the beginning while also questionably using ethos and logos in certain parts of the article. (Thesis needs to be slightly changed around with some added words.) She presents various facts (various can be switched for a word that has more power) for both sides of the college tuition hikes in an informative matter. The author also presents some points that are questionable in a logos section. (could be moved up into the thesis)
The author presents multiple facts on the reasoning why the increase and how it would affect students at the three main universities in Iowa. At the very end of the article she includes the tuitions hikes were the product of the dwindling state funding to the public universities. With a cut over $30 million dollars for the current and next year. (perhaps could be worded better. ..this and next year possibly?) The author also included the typical residential undergraduate student of ISU, UNI, and UI will see “a 5 percent bump” in cost while those who are from out of state or other programs “will see steeper hikes”. (Miller). She also dove into the fact that the increase in tuition could “widen the undergrad residential rate gap.” of the three colleges. The author while stating the cost that will burden the students has also listed the multiple benefits that the increase cost will bring.
One of the first facts presented by the author is that the colleges would benefit ( The author noted that the college would benefit.. Shorter alternative) from the increase income by being able to compete and be “on par with high priced peer universities” and also “equipping them with more resources to better compete for top faculty and researchers.” (Miller). The UI president has also stated that the increase and more campus control would help UI be on a “competitive level based on last year’s salary information.” (Miller). One of the major points toward the acceptance of tuition increase is that Miller included information from Professor Toutkoushian from the University of Georgia on the general college cost. Toukoushian stated that while the tuition was increased, UI for example “was nearly half of the group’s highest rate” of the college cost. The increase as Miller stated also “align with national trends” where the parents and students are increasingly paying more for “public high education.”. Though the author has done a fair job of presenting the solid facts on the matter of the tuition hikes, she has also done a questionable action when introducing the quotes from Sen. Herman Quirenback.
While in first half of the article the author presented the information in a rather neutral stance on the subject ( Though the author had a solid neutral stance on the matter in the beginning of the article) it quickly changed with the introduction of the quotes from the Senator. Disregarding the good willed quote put in big black front the one in the column begins with “Our Republican-led state government has not done its part….” (Herman Quirinbach). This suggest that out of the multiple quotes that the reporter should have gotten from the Senator she chose one that seem to suggest that the whole reason for the cut of public funding was the fault from those of the Republican Party. Which future led to even more pointing figures where in the last part of the article she stated how it was how the “lawmakers clawed back $20.8 million…” where one could guess that these lawmakers who severely “clawed” back funds from the public colleges must be republican as it was stated above they have not done their part in helping the public education. Though one could certainly report and possibly blame one of the two major political parties with quotes from the opposing side on the ethos of degrading the funding for education this article is not the place for such action. Miller had clearly built up her credibility though facts before as one can say “low-key” (best to find an academic word instead) inserting her opinion with quotes from someone who have similar ideals against those who think different from her.
Overall Vanessa Miller has over the topic on benefits and the disadvantages (Vanessa Miller has laid out both benefits and disadvantages) of the increase of college tuition. Despite such fair (having done a fair representation)(sketchy replacement) job she has undoubted used such fair judgement to build credibility for herself before inserting certain quotes and language that would call into judgment on her credibility.