Using student loan debt as a policy topic, discuss how this policy issue might be understood or addressed idifferentily based on the three different roles of a policy ‘analyst. From a policy perspective there are a multitude of components to this crisis, so pick an angle or two and use that as your lever of discussion.

Birk an Mix s perspectives and value orientations matter because much of the public policy process is argumentation. With these presumptions as consistent themes of the course and of our discussions, your final exam is detailed below. Using student loan debt as a policy topic, discuss how this policy issue might be understood or addressed idifferentily based on the three different roles of a policy ‘analyst. From a policy perspective there are a multitude of components to this crisis, so pick an angle or two and use that as your lever of discussion.

This exam is intended to be a diagnostic exercise demonstrating that you understand how policy analysis may be conducted differently and for different reasons, so write accordingly. This style of writing is not storytelling or persuasive writing. Use active voice and avoid editorializing.
Discuss how of each of the three roles Birkland mentions might address the following:

• The inclusion and exclusion of evidence (whose is included and whose is riot; and perhaps those different types of evidence and why)
• Analytic integrity • Responsibility to client (who might that be for each role, think comprehensively)
• Ultimately, how does the particular role of the analyst Imatter in terms of their argumentation and the analysis produced? As space allows, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each role and work to incorporate ideas, discussion points, readings, or concepts from P53280.