2000 Michigan Debate Institutes

 


 

Why should you choose a Michigan Debate Institute this summer?

Three reasons.






1.     Experienced Faculty

Students at the Michigan Debate Institutes are instructed by the nation's most accomplished and experienced workshop faculty.  The faculty is comprised of national champion high school and college coaches and outstanding intercollegiate debaters.  In the past decade the faculty members of our workshops have coached 15 college and high school national championship teams.  Four faculty members are Emory University Barkley Forum Gold Key Coaches.  Three have coached NFL National Champions in the 1990s.  The one attribute the members of  this faculty share is a commitment to providing a constructive and stimulating educational environment for students of the Michigan Debate Institutes.
 

2.     Vast Resources

Technological innovation has revolutionized library and information systems, opening a whole new world of research possibilities for debaters.  Students at the Michigan Debate Institutes have access to the vast and unparalleled resources of the University of Michigan one of the national leaders in integrating computing technology with education and research.  Students have extensive access to one of the nation's most comprehensive library collections and the nation's leading University-based personal computing system.  As part of a joint effort between the Debate Institutes and the nationally-recognized University of Michigan School of Information and Library Sciences, students at our workshops are taught basic and advanced debate research techniques, utilizing computer-based indices and databases, and the internet.
 

3.   Proven Record of Success

Since 1985 Michigan Debate Institutes have offered a strong faculty, innovative curriculum design and the tremendous resources of the University of Michigan to thousands of students from all 50 states representing over one thousand high schools.  Graduates of our workshops have experienced great competitive success.  In each of the past eight years the winners of the NFL National Policy Debate Championship were former participants in our workshops.  In each of the past five years both the winners of the NDT National College Championships were former participants in our workshops.
 
 

We are pleased to announce the following 2000 workshops...


Michigan National Debate Institute
The Michigan Classic
The Seven Week Labs
Michigan Lincoln-Douglas Institute
Seminar for High School Coaches
Institute Applications

Not sure which is for you?  Below is a summary of each of our programs.






The Michigan National Debate Institute
June 25 - July 15, 2000

Founded in 1985, the Michigan National Debate Institute is a three-week policy debate workshop designed for students of all experiance levels.  The workshop offers a strong faculty. innovative course design, and the tremendous resourses of the University of Michigan.  The MNDI is a workshop with programs designed for debaters of any experience level -- including top varsity and novice. The MNDI emphasizes individualized instruction through a unique package of elective classes. These classes cover the subject matter of the new topic, issues and applications of debate theory, and debate technique instruction. The MNDI once again will offer the MNDI Extension Week, July 11 to July 17, to any participant in the MNDI. The Extension Week is dedicated to an intensive focus on debating skills. Students are directed by master teachers in a student-faculty ratio of 4-1.


The Michigan Classic
July 16 - August 12, 2000 


The Michigan Classic is a four-week workshop offering an intensive and innovative curriculum format primarily targeted to varsity debaters. The Classic offers separate divisions, with advanced curriculum, for Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores. 80 rising seniors, 64 rising juniors and 32 rising sophomores are selected to participate in these divisions. The Classic offers unique instructional programs implemented through divisional lectures, small classes and lab groups not exceeding 16 students. Once again we will offer the Classic Head Start Program, July 4 - 10. The Head Start Program is directed by full-time faculty members of the Classic and will concentrate exclusively on the development and research of affirmative cases.


The Seven Week Labs
June 25 - August 12, 2000 

The Michigan Seven Week Labs offer the most challenging and rigorous summer curriculum available to high school debaters. The Seven Week Labs are open to rising seniors, juniors and sophomores. Lab size is 16, with two experienced instructors. The Seven Week Labs offer a continuous, cohesive curriculum that permits substantially greater in-depth work on the content of the topic, debate theory instruction and debate skills development. The Seven Week Labs are taught by the most experienced members of the Michigan Debate Institute faculty. There is a $50 application fee which must accompany the application. The deadline for application is April 28. The cost of the Seven Week Lab is $4400, which includes tuition, room, meal plan, and class fees.
  • Seven Week Labs
  • General Information

    • Lincoln-Douglas Institute
    July 16 to July 29

    The Michigan Lincoln-Douglas Institute, directed by longtime, nationally successful LD coaches, is designed to instruct students of every experience level in the technique and theory of Lincoln-Douglas debating. The format centers around debating skills, core philosophical issues, and the NFL LD topics, and uses a combination of lectures, small group discussions, and individualized practice debate sessions. We also conduct a special lab for Returning Students.

    Seminar for High School Coaches
    Seminar I : June 25 - July 1, 2000
    Seminar II : July 16 - July 22, 2000     

       The Seminar for High School Coaches is sponsored and directed by the faculty of the Michigan National Debate Institute. The primary goal of the Seminar is to help high school debate coaches prepare to teach the new policy topic. The Seminar curriculum emphasizes observation of survey and theory lectures and small class workshops, and is adapted to coaches of any experience level.