James Pavur, a student at Westminster Schools, has created several graphical representations of the cases that teams are reading on the 2011-2012 high school policy debate topic. His graphs—of the field at the 2011 University of Michigan tournament, based on the NDCA Wiki—are available f...
The NDCA Board is accepting applications for the 2013 NDCA National Championships. To submit an application, please review the information about potential host sites and email the completed application form to Nicole Serrano. Please feel free to email Nicole if you have any questions about the proc...
Why must school debaters argue both sides of the Resolve? It seems hypocritical.Outside school nearly all our important attitudes and beliefs are picked up from oursurroundings. In adult life we see great emphasis is placed on loyalty and sincerity tothese characteristics. Yet young debaters get cau...
Earlier this summer, the University of Michigan Debate Institutes hosted Dr. Everett Dolman for a lecture and demo debate about space weaponization. The video of the debate and the audio of Dr. Dolman’s lecture are now available from the NDCA (via DebateVision). The debate featured Sr...
The Houston Urban Debate League is hosting Space Policy Day on August 1 from 8:00AM to 2:30PM. Of interest to students and coaches who are preparing to debate this year's space topic, the event will feature discussions of space policy by experts in the field. The event will be webcasted live at...
The NDCA Board is proud to announce that our Open Evidence project is live and available for use. Started in 2007 as the brainchild of Aaron Timmons, the NDCA launched the Open Evidence project in order to provide free access to camp files. Every year, the project continues to grow and the num...
The sixth annual NDCA National Championships was held on April 16-18 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Special thanks to Brian Manuel, Scranton High School, and the University of Scranton for their fantastic hospitality. Many awards were given out to deserving recipients; the following are the highligh...