Discuss the below:
Argument/ Research Paper
Topic: Higher Education: Is it worth the price?
The goal is to practice academically oriented arguments and work with complex ideas by analyzing arguments from multiple sources of information. You will have to include opposition to your position and deal with that opposition respectfully. Consider why you might write such an argument. Here are some examples:
• Whom do you wish to persuade and to do what?
• If you argue in favor of for-profit schools as a path for disadvantaged students, are you trying to convince fellow students to accept for-profit colleges or to transfer to one?
• Are you trying to convince a school board to provide funding for traditional community colleges?
• Are you trying to convince parents that forcing their children to go into a liberal arts program is unnecessary?
The more clearly you can see your argument, as having a real-life purpose and a specific audience, the stronger will be your case.
Selected Argument Topics: You must take a side while acknowledging the opposite side. Your argument needs to grow from one of these areas:
• Arguments of policy say, "We should ... "
• Arguments of value claim that one thing/ idea is better than another.
• Arguments of fact make claims about history, such as what really distracts students at school or what really causes car accidents.
The thesis for this paper is your baseline statement of this argument's scope and purpose.
Research to find:
• Facts and statistics to give background to your topic
• Specific examples
• Credible quotes to support both sides of the argument