Policy & Governance

Engaging with policy and governance entails exercising institutional (legal) processes and practices to support opportunities for enhancing public welfare and equity.

Lila Greiner

Will Rice College, Class of 2022

"[The Houston Policy Challenge] gave me an oppourtunity to learn more about how policy really works, and how policy writing really works."

houston policy challenge

Houston Policy Challenge (HPC) brings together students to design a community-focused solution to a policy problem in Houston. Participants tackle a different issue each year and their proposals are judged by a panel of local leaders and experts.

For more information, contact one of our ambassadors:

Maria Alejandra Mora (mam30@rice.edu)

LEAD 260: Advocating for ideas to change the world

The CCL also offers a range of courses for credit and to apply to the CCL Certificate requirements. In LEAD 260, students work in teams with faculty mentors to develop and implement an advocacy plan for a particular cause or policy of interest.

For more information, contact one of our staff members:

Jessica Khalaf (jkhalaf@rice.edu)