Maryland School of Public Policy
Draft Writing Guidelines for Students
(Draft v8 –August 3, 2011)

 This working document, which has been reviewed by numerous faculty members, will be updated periodically.  It is designed to help students develop persuasive, readable documents in response to assignments, by providing:

1. General guidance for producing papers, reports and memoranda;
2. Instruction regarding drafting;
3. Instruction regarding editing;
4. Format basics;
5. Information regarding presentations with PowerPoint;
6. References and exercises which address specific writing challenges; and
7. Contact information for clarifying content or suggesting changes. 

 The orientation of these guidelines is for applied professional writing, which differs in some respects from creative writing or intensive research papers. Degree candidates are expected to adhere to these guidelines unless their instructors supplement or diverge from them.

Please click here to view or download the Guidelines for Writing Memoranda (Word Document).

Please click here to view or download the writing scorecard tool (Word Document).

Please click here to view or download the MSPP Writing Guidelines (Word Document).

Please click here to view or download the orientation document (PowerPoint).