Stasis Grid

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Steven
Pressman

Article

Are college
costs rising?

Is debt a result
of high college
tuition?

Do the pros of
college outweigh
the cons?

2. Phil Izzo

Article

Is college debt
increasing?

3. Adam
Davidson

Article

Have college
prices inflated?

Is President
Obama's
proposal of
community
college being
available to
everyone
pragmatic?

Are colleges to
blame for this
inflation?

4. Richard
Vedder &
Matthew
Denhart

Article

Does college
cost too much
for both
students and
society as a
whole?

Is college debt
an issue?

Do universities
have an
incentive to
increase
prices?

Does college
debt have an
effect on
broader
economy?
Are workers
with more
education more
productive?
Does increased
productivity
due to higher
education help
the overall
economy grow
faster?
Is there a
relationship
between
college costs
and income?

What are
some ways
costs can get
under control?

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5. Lei Zhang

Scholarly

Are college
students
graduating with
an increasing
amount of
debt?

Are loans
necessary for
financing
college
education?

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

6.

7.

Does
outstanding
debt have an
effect on
individuals'
future choices?
Does college
debt negatively
and statistically
effect graduate
school
decisions of
students who
received a
bachelor's
degree from
public colleges.
Causal
Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

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8.

9.

10.

1. I will use the third and fifth source.

2. The third source is an article from the New York Times and the fifth source is a scholarly journal. The third source's author is a
writer for and was published by the New York Times. The second source was written by a scholar and came from Educational
Economics. The two sources were published in 2015 and 2011 respectively.
3. The dinner guests represent different people and differ in expertise. They represent different stakeholders but neither person is
directly affect by the issue.
4. I have yet to have a perspective that believes that debt is not that high.