Critical Thinking Questions Case 14-2 in Your Work as a Report

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Critical Thinking Questions Case 14-2 In your work as a report writer for the admissions office at the local college, you are called upon at the height of the admissions season to provide key information to the admissions committees so they can monitor the progress of the review of applicants through the admissions process. Beyond just knowing that all applicants to the college have taken four years of English in high school in order to be candidates for admission (which is a requirement for admission at your school) , you have been asked to report on precisely what kinds of English classes the applicants have taken. Are they courses in composition, literature, creative writing? Which of the following types of reports is likely to serve your purpose?

• A) summary report
• B) exception report
• C) transaction report
• D) detailed report

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Definitions:

Eminent Domain

The power of the government or its agent to seize private property for public use, with compensation to the owner.

Public Purposes

Activities or projects undertaken by the government for the benefit and welfare of the general public.

Fair Market Value

An appraisal of a property's market value, determined by the amount a well-informed, willing, and no-pressure buyer would probably pay to an equally well-informed, willing, and no-pressure seller in the marketplace.

Intermediate Scrutiny

A test used in some contexts by courts to determine a law's constitutionality, requiring the law to further an important government interest by means that are substantially related to that interest.