Narrowing Topics

How to take your broad topic and zoom it in for a college academic essay

Start off with your broad topic

• Medical Testing
• Racism
• Law Enforcement
• Propaganda
• Immigration
• Free Speech
• Sexual Assaults

Zoom in using
TIME FRAME

• Current State of Medical Testing
• Racism in 2020
• Recent Crises in Law Enforcement
• Propaganda during Peacetime
• Immigration in 2020
• Free Speech in Modern Society
• Sexual Assaults Today

Zoom in using
LOCATION

• Current State of US Medical Testing
• Racism in 2020 America
• Recent Crises in Local Law Enforcement
• Foreign Propaganda during Peacetime
• American Immigration in 2020
• Free Speech in Modern American Society
• College Campus Sexual Assaults Today

Zoom in using
SPECIFICS

• Current Benefits of US Medical Testing on Animals
• Racism in 2020 American Educational Systems
• Recent Crises in Protest Crackdowns by Local LEOs
• Chinese Twitter Propaganda during the 2020 Elections
• Effects of Illegal Immigration into the US in 2020
• Free Speech Restrictions on College Campuses in 2020
• New Title IX Regulations on Sexual Assaults and Reporting

Repeat Zooming Until You Hit the Sweet Spot

• Safe for Humans? - United States Law Requires All New Cancer Treatments and Drug Regimens to Be First Tested on Animal Patients
• Systemic Racism and Its Effects on the American Education System
• No-Knocks, Tear Gas, Riot Shields, and Unarmed Shootings: The Militarization of Local LEOs and How that Affects Violence Escalation
• Fake News: The Effects of Political Speech Restrictions, President Trump, and Chinese Propaganda during the 2016 & 2020 Elections
• Child Separation Protocols - Evidence of Systemic Problems in the American Immigration Pipeline
• Political Advocacy and Canceling Speakers - Free Speech Restrictions on College Campuses in the Last Five Years
• Concerns about Revictimizing Sexual Assault Survivors in the New Title IX Cross-Examination Requirements
  

And that's about where you should be for a paper length of  1700-2000 words (about 5-7 pages)

Yes. Really. You can write 5 to 7 pages about any one of those very narrow focal points with the right research and support to back you up.