Analyze if the hypothesis is a logical continuation of the premise. Premise: In a time when higher education, and graduate programs in particular, are suffering from a lack of funding, we are positioning ourselves to remain in a leadership position with outstanding faculty, students, and private support from alumni and friends of the program. Hypothesis: Private support from alumni and friends has been able to keep us afloat.
In a time when higher education, and graduate programs in particular, are suffering from a lack of funding, we are positioning ourselves to remain in a leadership position with outstanding faculty, students, and private support from alumni and friends of the program.###Private support from alumni and friends has been able to keep us afloat.