ON ENG 2020 Assignment Prompt

You are the social policy director for a presidential candidate who will be taking part in a nationally televised debate
about education policy. Your job is to write an opening statement that describes the candidate’s approach to solving a
major issue in education: the rising cost of college.
You should write your statement as a three- to four-paragraph essay. Remember, you have conducted research about
education policy and the rising costs of higher education. Your opening statement should engage the audience,
summarize your findings, and provide a clear policy approach.

Assignment directions

Step 1) Carefully review your progress so far.
a) Review your instructions.
(1) What is social policy?
(2) What is the policy process?
(3) What is an opening statement?
b) Review your research.
(1) What data have you found about the rising cost of higher education?
(2) What have you discovered about the reasons for changes in education costs?
c) Revisit your outline and plan for your draft.
(1) How can your outline be improved?
(2) How can you make use of your outline to create a draft?
(3) What are the qualities of an effective opening statement?
Step 2) Develop a three- to four-paragraph opening statement.
a) Your opening statement should be three to four paragraphs long and written in your own words.
b) The introduction should:
(1) Engage the audience
(2) Acknowledge the issue at hand
c) The main body should:
(1) Identify a clear policy solution in the form of an argumentative claim
(2) Establish a course of action to be taken
d) The conclusion should:
(1) Describe the importance of the issue at hand
(2) Summarize your solution in a concise way