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Let’s Reimagine the Rules
Welcome to the official chapter of the Student Policy Institute at Berkeley, where we challenge pressing social issues with the power of public policy
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Our Primary Pillars

Learn to analyze and influence public policy with our Applied Policy Lab Decal

Apply policy frameworks to current issues by crafting and presenting a policy memo

Democratize access to policy discussion and knowledge within the campus body
Recent Policy Memos
Education Initiative, SP’ 25
Federal student loan and grant programs incentivize and facilitate low-income and marginalized students to pursue higher education. Uncertainty and potential reductions in such financial aid programs under the Trump Administration threaten the enrollment rates of these students. Through this memo, we explore the potential impact of these new financial aid policies. We additionally explore commonly proposed policy solutions to student loan programs and assess their viability in a world where federal financial aid may be more uncertain.

Criminal Justice, SP’ 25
The U.S. refugee‐admissions system is congested, inequitable, and costly. More than two million asylum claims languish in a years-long backlog, while refugees who do reach the United States receive only 90 days of federally funded support and face persistent barriers to English acquisition, education, and stable employment. The purpose of this memo is to identify practicable reforms that would make refugee processing and integration faster, fairer, and less expensive.