Debunking Policy Briefs and Beyond: A Best-Practices Guide for Graduate Students

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

MAEUS Talk

Volume

1

Issue

1

Publisher

European Union Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Publication Date

10-1-2016

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Abstract

As a graduate student, your duty is to begin to engage in an academic conversation within your field to boost your credibility and recognition as a young scholar. This is achieved by writing and publishing. However, breaking into the publishing realm is both difficult and intimidating, particularly for those in terminal masters degree programs with only two years to accomplish a multitude of tasks. A very suitable entry point into this realm is through policy briefs. Policy briefs provide the opportunity to both expand upon the policies that fuel many debates in a particular field and gain practice synthesizing ideas succinctly. This guide will provide you with some best practices for choosing a topic, designing a template, and writing a brief, in addition to some general practices that will help you write effectively.

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