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Evaluating Resources
The internet provides us with lots and LOTS of resources, but they aren’t all credible. How do you know that a website is
credible?
One of the easiest ways to evaluate a source is to look for the logos. Appeals to logic involve facts and numbers which
can easily be proven accurate.
Objectivity Clearly biased. No attempt to Sponsored source (For example, Balanced, neutral. If opinionated
address the other side. Relies on an article sponsored by College provides counterclaim. Mainly
ethos and pathos. Board or a university). Some logos.
ethos/logos, little or no pathos
Use the chart on back to keep track of the sites you visit!
To access the articles and videos we’ve used in class (and the summative assignment if you’ve misplaced it…),
visit Ms. Cook’s website:
www.mscookwhs.weebly.com
Title of website:ProCon.org Title of article: Is college Author: unknown
Education Worth It?
Date published: 9/19/2014 Date accessed:12/3/14 Root URL: http://college-education.procon.org
2:48:07 PM
Information:
The debate of whether a college education is worth it may have begun when the colonists arrived from Europe and
founded "New College" (later renamed Harvard University) in 1636. People who argue that college is worth it contend
that college graduates have higher employment rates, bigger salaries, and more work benefits than high school
graduates. They say college graduates also have better interpersonal skills, live longer, have healthier children, and have
proven their ability to achieve a major milestone.
Information: Americans collectively have more than $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, an amount that may cause
prospective students to wonder whether college is worth the cost. Regardless of debt levels, it’s still statistically more
beneficial to hold a college degree.
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