Diplomacy Lab Provides Term-length Group Projects Integrating Policy Analysis and Liberal Arts into the Traditional Engineering Classroom

Chapter Eight examines the development of policy analysis in the civil service. Policy analysis is central to the role of the civil service at the intersection of politics and administration. In the Whitehall tradition, inherited by Ireland, civil servants were expected to be generalists with unpartisan perspectives. Recruits to the civil service came from the liberal arts rather than professional or technical backgrounds. But, the 1960s and 1970s saw the gradual emergence of the policy analysis concept. Policy analysis requires knowledge of the relevant discipline under scrutiny, some skills in quantitative analysis, combined with the more traditional policy capabilities. Throughout the chapter it is clear that a stronger evidence base is emerging to better inform policy making. A balance between generalists with broad conceptual skills and specialists with quantitative analytical skills continues to influence developments with regard to policy analysis in the civil service.

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Reflections on preprofessional advising. A challenge to AADS and the liberal arts colleges

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1971.35.1.tb00316.x ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 7-11

Author(s):

JM Darlington

Keyword(s):

Liberal Arts ◽

Liberal Arts Colleges

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Policy analysis for the public regulation of the dental delivery system

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1980.44.9.tb01396.x ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 44 (9) ◽

pp. 526-529

Author(s):

P Milgrom ◽

DA Conrad

Keyword(s):

Policy Analysis ◽

Delivery System ◽

The Public ◽

Public Regulation

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Policy Analysis: Rent-to-Own May Be Only Option for Medicare Speech-Generating Devices

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.pa1.18092013.np ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Mark Kander

Keyword(s):

Policy Analysis

A new Medicare proposal that would change speech-generating devices from purchase-only equipment to rent-to-own equipment could be better for the patients who use them.

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