Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The current proposal to give college students a broader choice in plan

Understanding the argument - 
­The current proposal to give college students a broader choice in planning their own courses of study should be abandoned. - Conclusion. 
The students who are supporting the proposal will never be satisfied, no matter what requirements are established. - Premise using an example of the existing students to support the conclusion. 
Some of these students have reached their third year without declaring a major. - Further support. 
One first-year student has failed to complete four required courses. Several others have indicated a serious indifference to grades and intellectual achievement. - Additional supports. 

A flaw in the argument is that it does which one of the following?

(A) avoids the issue by focusing on supporters of the proposal - True. The main issue here is whether the students should be given a broader choice in planning their courses. A right argument could have considered benefits, drawbacks, alternatives, etc. Rather than doing this,
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 30 Jun 2011, 00:30 • Replies 8 • Views 14939

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