Friday, October 28th: Think Tank Study for College Debt

Complete pages 12-14 of your notebooks!  If you get done early, work on senior project research and be sure you have scheduled your meeting with your senior project teacher!  See below for Senior Project research guidelines.

Think Tank Article Study
Summarized from Wikipedia:  A think tank, policy institute, or research institute is an organization that performs research and advocacy concerning various topics.  Most policy institutes are non-profit organizations.  In the United States, these groups are tax-exempt.

These organizations are a huge resource that is often used by policymakers and researchers to inform their opinions.  They also often have a particular political perspective.  Today you’re going to use think tanks from different political perspectives to further research the student loan problem.  These can also be a great resource for other issues as you’re writing legislation!  Below are the think tanks we’ll be using.  The links to these websites are on the DOCUMENTS page of my DP.

Senior Project Research/Guidelines