Document Type
Paper
Publication Date
12-2025
Abstract
This white paper was written as a course requirement for POLS 324 Advanced Public Policy Analysis at Montclair State University in fall 2025. In the course, students analyze public policy and examine current issues. Public policy analysis can be defined as the development and evaluation of policy solutions to public problems. The course's learning objectives include “critically evaluate the goals and assumptions of different policy proposals,” “create a policy proposal for a public problem,” and “evaluate the proposals developed by their peers.” For the fall 2025 iteration of the course, I invited two offices in the township of Montclair to present problems for students to work on throughout the semester. Two offices participated: the Office of Planning and Community Development and the Office of Sustainability. Students formed groups, each picking a particular aspect of these problems, and worked together on solutions. Each group authored a chapter, presented in this assembled white paper.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Lauby, Fanny; Barrera Cabal, Josemy; Chauhan, Aaron; Geer, Chase; Jimenez, Carlos; Khitiri, Catherine; Lockette, Jonathan; Mapes, Andrew; Mejía, Coral; Nacht, Jack; O’Keefe, Gabriella; Oral, Refia; Rao, Sanjeev; Roby, Jacob; Saint Juste, Julnide; and Slatina, Fiona, "Sustainability policy proposals for the township of Montclair, NJ" (2025). Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 65.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/polysci-law-facpubs/65
Published Citation
Lauby, Fanny, et al. (2025). "Sustainability policy proposals for the township of Montclair, NJ". POLS 324 White Paper No. 4, Montclair State University.
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