Training Leaders to Facilitate an Energy Transition: Retrospective Evaluation of Course Design

While there is a widely shared sense that policy action required for the electricity system in United States to decarbonize, most climate courses focus only on handful of federal and state policies. In reality, however, web state- local-government-level choices can serve facilitate or hinder an energy transition, which less discussed researched higher education. A new graduate course, first taught Winter 2019 at University Michigan Ford School Public Policy, employs range unique course design elements introduce idea complex policies actors provide students with practical skills prepare them be leaders transition. By interviewing 18 months after finishing iteration addition surveying enrolled second interaction Fall 2020 semester, this study finds student experiential learning applied projects, tandem instructor’s local, real-world implications, was found effective preparing leaders.