Policy Paper

Public Policy Analysis2

Your capstone project in the course is an individual research assignment on a public federal law of your choice. We will call this project your Policy Paper which will be a formal research paper aimed at introducing and/or polishing your skills in the following:

 Public policy research – policy design, implementation, evaluation

 Understanding a federal law

 Effectively exploring and utilizing the library system for research

 Strengthening your academic and competitive writing skills

 Enhance your critical thinking skills

The Basic Structure of your Policy Analysis is the following (See Appendix One for further detail: Policy Paper Checklist)

1. Description of the policy/law – history and current situation

2. Rationale for public policy – market or government failure

3. Analysis of policy’s efficacy

4. Implementation

5. Evaluation

6. Recommendations

Additionally, your Policy Analysis will be required to have a minimum of ten quality references (academic journal articles, leading books, relevant websites, etc.). The paper will be a 12-15 page narrative/report with a traditional title page, appropriate subheadings, standard formatting (double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman, page numbers), parenthetical citations such as (Jasso, 2018, p. 35), a works cited page (you may call it a reference page), and any necessary appendices. We will use APA format for the bibliography.