Tennessee's technical and community colleges will not outsource (外包) management of their facilities to a private company, a decision one leader said was bolstered by an analysis of spending at each campus. In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus' spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified by the state. Morgan said those findings— which included data from the system's 13 community colleges, 27 technical colleges and six universities—were part of the decision not to move forward with Governor Bill Haslam's proposal to privatize management of state buildings in an effort to save money. "While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial," Morgan wrote to the presidents. "System institutions are operating very efficiently based on this analysis, raising the question of the value of pursuing a broad scale outsourcing initiative." Workers' advocates have criticized Haslam's plan, saying it would mean some campus workers would lose their jobs or benefits. Haslam has said colleges would be free to opt in or out of the outsourcing plan, which has not been finalized. Morgan notified the Haslam administration of his decision to opt out in a letter sent last week. That letter, which includes several concerns Morgan has with the plan, was originally obtained by The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. In an email statement from the state's Office of Customer Focused Government, which is examining the possibility of outsourcing, spokeswoman Michelle R. Martin said officials were still working to analyze the data from the Board of Regents. Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a "business justification" the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan. "The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February," Martin said. "At this time there is nothing to take action on since the analysis has yet to be completed." Morgan's comments on outsourcing mark the second time this month that he has come out against one of Haslam's plans for higher education in Tennessee. Morgan said last week that he would retire at the end of January because of the governor's proposal to split off six universities of the Board of Regents system and create separate governing boards for each of them. In his resignation letter, Morgan called the reorganization "unworkable".
单选题 What do we learn about the decision of technical and community colleges in Tennessee?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:细节题。第一段指出,田纳西州的技术和社区学院将不会把管理设施的业务外包给私人公司,其中一个领导表示,通过对每个校园开支的分析支撑了这个决定。A项与原文相符,故答案为A。B、C、D项原文均未提及,故排除。
单选题 What does the campus spending analysis reveal?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:推理题。第二段第一句指出,即将离任的校长John Morgan说,一份内部分析报告显示,每一个校园在设施管理方面的开支都远低于国家确定的行业标准。由此可知,校园支出分析揭示了大学自己管理设施会更划算,故答案为B。原文虽提到了私人公司,但并没有说私人公司在校园管理中扮演着重要角色,故排除A项。C、D项原文均未提及,故排除。
单选题 Workers' supporters argue that Bill Haslam's proposal would ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:细节题。第四段第一句指出,工人们的支持者批评了Haslam的计划,称这将意味着一些校园工人将失去他们的工作或福利。C项与原文相符,故答案为C。A、B、D项原文均未提及,故排除。
单选题 What do we learn from the state spokeswoman's response to John Morgan's decision?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:推理题。第六段第一句指出,发言人Michelle R.Martin表示,官员们仍在努力分析来自州立大学董事会的数据。由此可知,外包计划还处于调查分析阶段,还没有最终确定。A项与原文相符,故答案为A。第七段最后一句指出,这一次,由于分析还没有完成,所以没有采取任何行动,B项与原文不符,故排除。C项原文未提及,故排除。D项并不能从政府发言人的发言中了解到,故排除。
单选题 Why did John Morgan decide to resign?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:推理题。最后一段最后两句指出,Morgan上周表示,他将于一月底退休,原因是州长提议将州立大学董事会体系中的六所大学拆分开来,并为每一所大学创建单独的董事会。在他的辞职信中,Morgan称重组“不可行”。由此可知,Morgan辞职是因为反对州长重建校董事会的决定,D项与原文相符,故答案为D。