1- focus on a contemporary higher education policy issue that is important for the society .2- provide a brief statement of policy problem.3-include a discussion of procedural and political considerations/implications involved in making the policy change .4- address the potential argument that could be made against your proposal and examine and evaluate possible alternative solutions .5-it should be written cognizant of audience for whom the brief is intended and include an executive summary .6- will written through out , and formal style .7- example should be used as illustrations; http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6ps209pt# ,www.collegeaccess.org/images/documents/CBBacktoBasics.pdf ,https:www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34549.pdf
(15 sources , 10 of which must be peer reviewed )