Your capstone project in the course is an individual research assignment on a public policy/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
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- Description of the policy/law – history and current situation
- Rationale for public policy – market or government failure
- Analysis of policy’s efficacy
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- 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, 2012, p. 35), a works cited page (you may call it a reference page), and any necessary appendices. We will use APA format
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