This program will feature lectures from some of the best college debaters and coaches in college debate. You’ll see lectures from a variety of perspectives as well as historical and current event issues that are central to the 2012 high school policy resolution. There will be novice/intermediate/advanced labs to ensure each student can have a lab that is tailored to their experience. Do not worry if you have never heard of debate before, we have a lab for that. On the other hand, if you are looking for the finishing touches on an illustrious high school career and a path to college debate, we have a lab for that too. You can also expect to leave camp with a great set of files that the campers and lab leaders will collaborate on. After crash testing them in the camp tournament, you’ll be ready for the fall. All this for substantially (important debate word) less than other summer institutes.

Here is a little more on what you can expect from our Policy Debate Program during the Forensics Institute at Oregon.

STAFF:

There is a 4-1 Student to Staff Ratio

Institute Executive Director: David Frank

Program Leader/Curriculum Design: Ben Dodds

Lab Leaders/Lecturers: TBD

SCHEDULE/CURRICULUM:

Highlights – Content from 9am-9pm. Higher and lower levels of theory on every facet of policy debate. Structured research time with guidance from top debaters and coaches. Practice debates every day. Lab time to decompress the topic and theory lectures with nearly individual attention. A full camp tournament and digital copies of all of the camp files.

Full lecture schedule and event calendar coming soon…