Policy development or analysis

Students play the role of one of six entities engaged in a partnered military operation with the primary goal of protecting the civilian population under tight time constraints. Students must cooperate with each other to share intelligence that will help...

Law students present a case study to their peers, simulating real-world cases young lawyers might face. Introduction: This series of case studies is used to teach Regulation of Financial Institutions. It is designed to give students practical experience...

Students in a course on human usability of websites implement a semester-long project to analyze and propose a redesign of an existing badly-designed website. Goals: to build students’ confidence in their ability to complete a complicated, long-term...

In this activity, students will be able to map the history of a student/campus organization, in which they are involved. In doing so, students will relate the development of their specific organization to the wider trends surrounding civic engagement and...

In this activity, students debated topics in science and technology from the perspective of a stakeholder during a particular period in 20th century American history. While this structure was used for all three debates, this posting will draw from one...

Students develop a greenhouse gas inventory and reduction plan for a business, non-profit, government entity, or other institution by working with the organization to understand their sources of emissions and find practical methods of reducing them. Goals...

Students learn about Boston, urban life, and social change from guest lectures by local practitioners in the policy, business, and nonprofit sectors. Goals: Provide students insights into how individuals shape their urban environment by engaging them in...

Students imagine themselves to be policy advisers and write a policy memorandum on government transparency and secrecy to the imagined Transparency Reform Council. Goal/s: (1) To familiarize students with a new writing genre. Students with significant...

This activity created was by Benjamin Schneer, a graduate teaching fellow for GOV30, to help students understand methods in public opinion polling. Schneer provided a dilemma for students to resolve using information about public opinion polling found in...

For one activity used in SW24: Global Health Challenges, students participate in a simulation of groups proposing grants to a funding agency to deal with a humanitarian crisis. Before the activity, students are expected to have completed the assigned...