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Open Discussion From High School/College Connection In Individual Events Oct 2020

Open Discussion From High School/College Connection In Individual Events

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

Discussion held at the High School/College Connection in Individual Events session at the First Developmental Conference on Individual Events.


Recommendations From The High School/College Connection In Individual Events, Mike Leiboff Oct 2020

Recommendations From The High School/College Connection In Individual Events, Mike Leiboff

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

Recommendations from the High School/College Connection in Individual Events session at the First Developmental Conference on Individual Events.


The High School/College Connection In Forensics, C. Thomas Preston Jr. Oct 2020

The High School/College Connection In Forensics, C. Thomas Preston Jr.

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

To pursue the goal of reaching more students in the entire community, this paper contains five parts. First, I shall present an overall attitude that should be taken by collegiate' directors when interacting with high school coaches. Second, I shall examine traditional ways of collegiate directors pro­moting and benefiting from high school forensics within the urban setting. Third, I offer innovative ways of approaching high school programs. Fourth, I discuss how to cope with the diversity of students a successful high school/college connection would attract to not only the major urban university, but to the forensic community at large. Finally, …


Flashback To 1985: The State Of Speech And Debate: A National Perspective, Richard G. Fawcett Aug 2019

Flashback To 1985: The State Of Speech And Debate: A National Perspective, Richard G. Fawcett

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Since I left Minnesota to join the staff at the National Federation of State High School Associations as their speech and music coordinator in July 1978, a number of forces have impacted America’s high schools, high school activities programs, and more specifically, high school speech and debate activities. I should like to focus on some of these forces tracing their eventual impact on speech and debate programs.