Debate camp

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For the West Wing episode see: Debate Camp (West Wing)

A debate camp or debate institute is a training workshop for high school and collegiate debaters. The camps exist so students may learn about the upcoming topic or "resolution". Usually these camps are held over the summer for weeks a time at different universities around the country between two and seven weeks. While once attended by only highly competitive policy debaters, many high school students now attend debate institutes, and often urban debate leagues will pay for the students to go to these camps.

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During instruction, students are divided up into different focus groups, or "labs". The instructor(s) is called the "lab leader". Each group has its own focus and goal during the day or week. The lab leader will guide them through the topic and how to argue it. Many institutes will divide students into based on skill level and experience. Many even offer specialized "advanced" or "scholars" workshops, to which acceptance is highly limited.

Often there are mini tournaments at the end of each camp, and students are given speaker and team awards to cap off the institute.

[edit] Popular Camps/Institutes

Name of Camp Host Website
Concordia Debate Institute (CDI) Concordia College [1]
Dartmouth Debate Institute (DDI) Dartmouth College [2]
Dartmouth Debate Workshop (DDW) Dartmouth College [3]
Debate Camp Canada Rosseau Lake College and Shawnigan Lake School [4]
Debate and Oral Interpretation Camp Mount Marty College [5]
Gonzaga Debate Institute Gonzaga University [6]
Miami Debate Institute Miami University [7]
Spartan Debate Institute Michigan State University [8]
Stanford National Forensic Institute Stanford University [9]
Towson International Debate Institute (TIDI) Towson University [10]
University of Michigan Debate Institute University of Michigan [11]
University of North Texas (UNT) University of North Texas [12]
University of Texas National Institute of Forensics (UTNIF) University of Texas [13]
Wake Forest Institute (WFI) Wake Forest University [14]
Whitman National Debate Institute (WNDI) Whitman College [15]
Wyoming Forensics Institute (WFI) University of Wyoming [16]
Zarefsky Scholars Northwestern University [17]

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