Critical Thinking Questions Case 2 in Your Work as a Report

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Critical Thinking Questions Case 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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