The MNDI Extension Week is offered solely in conjunction with the MNDI as a four week package.   Its curriculum is about one thing only:  debating.   Students are assigned to instructors in a ratio of four debaters to one teacher, which is the most individualized student-teacher ratio debaters are likely to find in a summer workshop.

Participants receive highly individualized speaking instruction through a series of debates, constructive and rebuttal rework sessions.  Lectures on debate techniques such as the 2AC, 1AR, 2NC and 2NR permit focus on specific priorities.   Students participate in mini-debates on topicality, counterplans, and critiques.
 

Application and Fees

The fee, including tuition, room and board, is $600, which brings the four week total to $1995, far below the cost of most four week institutes.  Students may apply for the Extension Week at the time of their application to the MNDI or at any time subsequent to their admission to the MNDI, prior to June 12, 2000.