New Lines Institute Master of Arts in Strategy and Policy: Crafting Influential Analysis
Issued by
Fairfax University of America
Earners of this badge will be able to produce assessments that policy- and decision-makers will privilege over broader epistemic intellectual output. Analysis is influential if it either supplies a demand of policy stakeholders or informs them of gaps in their thinking. Crafting influential analysis involves understanding the art of the doable from the stakeholders’ perspective. Earners have developed skills to understand the needs of the policy audience and are able to craft actionable content.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Weeks
Skills
- Ability to define appropriate type of product for a given audience
- Ability to write succinctly
- Deploying the appropriate analytical approaches or methods to craft the assessment
- Maintaining integrity of your work
- Mitigating subjective preferences
- Recognizing the signal from the noise
- Writing for your target audience
Earning Criteria
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Complete NLSP 520: Strategic Analysis for an Interconnected World. Course requirements and evaluation criteria consist of Written Assignments, Participation, Group Exercises, and Group Presentations.
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Complete NLSP 620: The Global Architecture. Course requirements and evaluation criteria consist of Written Assignments, Participation, and Simulation Exercises.
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Complete NLSP 710: Analytical Development. Course requirements and evaluation criteria consist of Written Assignments, Participation, and Presentations.
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Complete NLSP 720: Impact-Driven Project Management. Course requirements and evaluation criteria consist of Written Assignments, Participation, Group Assignments, Self-Assessments, and Final Paper & Presentation.