Presentation to accompany strategy session at the 2016 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute discussing ways to build campus infrastructure for sustained community-based and PolicyOptions issue brief research.

1. CBR/PolicyOptions
Infrastructure
Strategy Session • SLI 2016

2. Agenda
• Introductions & Session Goals
• Need and Background for CBR/PolicyOptions
• Three Models: Overview
• Discussion of Implementation Strategies
• Next Steps

3. Session Goals
• Share models for sustained engagement with
CBR/PolicyOptions by a larger groups of students
(ideally over multiple semesters/years)
• Form national Bonner learning community to
support on-going collaboration

4. Community Need
• Examples of community research needs
• Examples of student projects
‣ Siena College: Food Policy Assessment and
Policy Options
‣ see other four-page handouts

5. Background
• CBR grants beginning in 1997
• Public Policy CBR
‣ issue briefs
‣ news bureau
‣ directory
‣ calendar
• Bonner focus on capacity-building projects
• Curricular vs Co-Curricular vs Integration

6. Davidson College

7. Davidson College

8. Davidson College

9. The College of New Jersey

10. • Year 1: CBR VISTAs
• Year 2: Faculty Advisory Board
• Year 2: Policy & Collective Impact Coordinator
• Year 2: TPPB Partnership
• Year 3: Policy Consultant
The College of New Jersey

11. The College of New Jersey

12. The College of New Jersey

13. The College of New Jersey

14. The College of New Jersey

15. The College of New Jersey

16. • Example: Healthcare Policy (POL)
• Example: Society, Ethics, and Technology (IDS)
• Example: Marketing & Public Policy (BUS)
• Example: Community, City, and Suburb (SOC)
Supplementing CBR with ACEL Courses
The College of New Jersey

17. Siena College

18. Siena College

19. Siena College
POSC 265: Public Policy Fall 2015 Syllabus
• Survey of the field of public policy, with particular emphases on
public policy evaluation, analysis, and the policy process.
• Cover both theoretical perspectives and practical skills relevant to
careers in public policy, public administration, community
development, and politics.
• Not focused on any particular policy areas (e.g., environmental
policy), though students will be immersed in a specific policy area of
their choice through the course assignments.
• Draws on the Community Policy Institute and the PolicyOptions
website as a way to apply the lessons of the course to public policy in
the Capital Region.

20. Siena College
POSC 265: Public Policy Fall 2015 Syllabus
• Issue Brief: This 2-3 page assignment requires students to identify and assess a
policy problem that is currently facing the Capital Region. The brief should be
modeled on the PolicyOptions website, and include a description of the problem,
the relevant stakeholders, possible policy alternatives being considered, and the
current state of the issue.
• Best Practices Analysis: This assignment requires teams of 3-4 students to write a
3-4 page paper that compares several policy alternatives currently being used by
different governments (or organizations) in order to identify “best practices.” The
policies may derive from the issue brief assignment, but is not a requirement.
• Policy Evaluation Paper: This assignment requires teams of 3-4 students to
evaluate an existing public policy. The evaluation must include clear discussions
of the problem(s), the goal(s), and criteria for evaluating outcomes. The
evaluation paper should be roughly 4-5 pages in length and should include
original analysis.

21. Siena College

22. Summary
Bonner
(Davidson)
Internship
(TCNJ)
Certificate
(Siena)
Focus
PolicyOptions News
Bureau
PolicyOptions Issue
Briefs
PolicyOptions, Issue
Briefs & Analyses
Location Campus-Wide Center Campus-Wide Center
Campus-Wide Center
and Academic Dept.
Staff Center staff member
Center staff member
and community
partner (alum)
Faculty member and
Center staff member
(VISTA)
Students 1-2 per year 4-5 per semester 10-12 per semester
Duration 2+ semesters 1-2 semesters
2+ semesters
+summer internship
Training experienced student weekly meetings
Public Policy Class;
weekly team meetings
Students
Earn
Bonner service hours course credit
course credit, stipend,
and certificate

23. Focus?
Davidson TCNJ Siena
Focus
PolicyOptions News
Bureau
PolicyOptions Issue
Briefs
PolicyOptions, Issue
Briefs & Analyses

24. Location?
Davidson TCNJ Siena
Location
Center for Civic
Engagement
Center for
Community Engaged
Learning & Research
Center for Academic
Community
Engagement & Political
Science Dept.
• If you work with an academic department,
‣ How did you recruit them?
‣ What is their motivation?
‣ How are they connected to your center?

25. Staff?
Davidson TCNJ Siena
Staff Bonner Director
Center Staff Member
& External Policy
Analyst
VISTA & Faculty
Member
• How do you recruit faculty and/or staff?
• What is their motivation?
• How are they supported?
• How are they connected to your center?

26. Students?
Davidson TCNJ Siena
Students 1-2 per year 4-5 per semester 10-12 per semester
Students
Earn
Bonner service hours academic credit
stipend or academic
credit & certificate
• How do you recruit students?
• What is their motivation?

27. Training?
Davidson TCNJ Siena
Training experienced student weekly meetings
State & Local Policy
Class; weekly team
meetings
• Which academic courses/departments make good fit
for issue briefs?
• What co-curricular training strategies work effectively?

28. Clients?
• How do you recruit clients for issue briefs?
• How far in advance should projects be identified?
• How do you determine feasibility of project in
terms of timing, effort, skills?
• How do you match projects with student skill,
knowledge, interests?

29. Manage Projects?
• Roles of…
‣ student team members?
‣ faculty member?
‣ staff member?
‣ community partner lead?
• Frequency of check-ins with…
‣ team members?
‣ community partner?
• How is research process organized? Does order of
issue brief research matter?

30. Presenting Research?
• What presentation venues and formats have
worked?
• What other opportunities have emerged for
presenting and discussing research projects?

31. Learning Community:
Networking Tools
• Wiki resources on CBR and PolicyOptions,
including how to guides for each model
• Basecamp for discussion board
• GoToMeeting webinar for sharing/training on
specific topics
• Sessions at Fall meetings for Bonner Congress and
Fall Directors, and annual SLI

32. • student recruitment and training
• supporting faculty and course connections
Learning Community:
Focus on Management

33. • Link to national organizations to review issue briefs
• Share issue briefs for discussion at:
‣ Bonner Program meetings on campuses
‣ Bonner national meetings
‣ other national or regional conferences
Learning Community:
Focus on Policy Research

34. • connect campuses working on similar issues
‣ College Access
‣ Food Security
• link to national organizations to connect to local
service partnerships
Learning Community:
Focus on Issue Organizing