Publications
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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States
(2001)
One-liner: A set of policy recommendations to promote the development and maintenance of communities in which children with asthma can be swiftly diagnosed, effectively treated, and protected from exposure to harmful ...
Army Biometric Applications
(2001)
Every human possesses more than one virtually infallible form of identification. Known as biometrics, examples include fingerprints, iris and retinal scans, hand geometry, and other measures of physical characteristics and ...
Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era
(2001)
Religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economics, and geopolitics all are important in explaining Iran's goals and tactics in its relationship with the outside world, as are the agendas of key security institutions and the ...
A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts
(2001)
Arts organizations across the country are actively expanding their efforts to increase public participation in their programs. This report presents the findings of a RAND study sponsored by the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds ...
The Global Technology Revolution
(2001)
Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a globaltechnology revolution is currently changing the world. This book discussesthe broad, multidisciplinary, and synergistic trends in this revolution,including ...
Strategic Appraisal
(2002)
Change--in international relations, in technology, and in society as a whole--has become the idiom of our age. One example of these changes has been an increasing recognition of the value of air and space assets for handling ...
Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia
(2001)
Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, is undergoing a profound transformation that could lead to a variety of outcomes, from the consolidation of democracy to return to authoritarianism or military rule, to ...
Preparing the U.S. Army for Homeland Security
(2001)
Homeland security encompasses five distinct missions: domestic preparednessand civil support in case of attacks on civilians, continuity of government, continuity ofmilitary operations, border and coastal defense, and ...
Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000
(2001)
An examination of the difficulties faced by the Russian military in planningand carrying out urban operations in Chechnya.Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city ofGrozny in the winters of ...
The DNP by 2015
(2015)
In 2004, members of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing approved the position that all master’s programs for advanced-practice registered nurses should transition to doctorate of nursing programs by 2015. This ...
CalMHSA Student Mental Health Campus-Wide Survey
(2014)
Report provides the results of a California survey of colleges and universities on mental health experiences and attitudes, perceptions of campus mental health services, and perceptions of overall campus climate toward ...
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Illness Stigma in California
(2014)
Report identifies racial and ethnic groups in California that are more likely to stigmatize those with mental illness, thereby helping understand who is at greatest risk of experiencing stigma within their own communities.
The Socioeconomic Effects of the Working Poor Moving to Permanent Dwellings
(2014)
RAND Corporation researchers assessed the socioeconomic effects that moving into permanent dwellings—in particular, into the Ashray Affordable Housing Pilot Project in India—has on the working poor. Low-cost housing projects ...
Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact of the Healthy Communities Initiative in Cincinnati
(2014)
Recently, large employers, health plans, and health care providers in the Cincinnati area joined with community organizations in an effort to improve health care and population health, as well as reduce health care costs. ...
Families, Powered On
(2014)
The authors describe the barriers that hinder family engagement with early childhood education and the ways in which technology may afford new opportunities to overcome these barriers—empowering families to become better ...
Getting Early Childhood Educators Up and Running
(2014)
The authors describe efforts that might be helpful in creating confident, knowledgeable providers of early childhood education who can help ensure appropriate, intentional, and productive use of technology among young children.
Medicare Imaging Demonstration Final Evaluation
(2014)
In 2011, the Medicare Imaging Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began testing whether exposing ordering clinicians to appropriateness guidelines for advanced imaging would reduce ordering ...
Assessing Alternative Modifications to the Affordable Care Act
(2014)
This report summarizes analysis in which the COMPARE microsimulation model was used to estimate how several potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, including eliminating the individual mandate and eliminating the ...
A Policy Analysis of Reserve Retirement Reform
(2013)
As the defense burden borne by reserve forces has increased, more attention has been paid to differences between retirement systems for the reserve and active components. This report analyzes the systems, discusses the ...
Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault
(2013)
This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs, and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate ...
Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition
(2012)
A year after Qaddafi's death, the light-footprint approach adopted for Libya's postwar transition is facing its most serious test. Security, the political transition, and economic development all present challenges. But ...
Employing Land-Based Anti-Ship Missiles in the Western Pacific
(2013)
Land-based anti-ship missiles (ASMs) feature prominently in the capabilities of many island nations in the Western Pacific, but the United States currently lacks such systems. This report illustrates the potential strategic ...
Predicting Suicide Attacks
(2013)
As part of an exploration of ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks, RAND conducted a proof-of-principle analysis of whether adding sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors would ...
Evaluating the Impact of Prevention and Early Intervention Activities on the Mental Health of California’s Population
(2012)
This report describes development of a statewide framework for evaluating and monitoring the short- and long-term impact of prevention and early intervention funding for mental health services on the California population. ...
Providing for the Casualties of War
(2013)
War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties ...
China and Iran
(2012)
The partnership between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People’s Republic of China presents a unique challenge to U.S. interests and objectives, including dissuading Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. ...
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
(2012)
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This paper draws on prior literature on the implementation of large-scale educational reforms to frame CCSS ...
An Assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program
(2013)
U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked RAND Arroyo Center to determine whether its Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR3) program is effectively utilizing the resources provided ...
Workplace Wellness Programs Study
(2013)
The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence and impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The ...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education
(2013)
After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release ...
The Mix of Military and Civilian Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy
(2013)
This report examines how changes to the current military-civilian faculty composition at the United States Air Force Academy might affect cadets’ officership and academic development, cost, staffing challenges, and officer ...
The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Pennsylvania
(2013)
The Affordable Care Act is a substantial reform of the U.S. health care insurance system. Using the RAND COMPARE model, researchers assessed the act’s potential economic effects on Pennsylvania, factoring in an optional ...
Reducing Long-Term Costs While Preserving a Robust Strategic Airlift Fleet
(2013)
The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize ...
The Industrial Base for Carbon Dioxide Storage
(2013)
If policies aimed at large reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are enacted, more carbon capture and storage will be needed. RAND researchers explored the ability of the industrial base supporting the transportation ...
Commercial Intratheater Airlift
(2013)
Intratheater airlift delivers critical and time-sensitive supplies to deployed forces. Traditionally, military aircraft have provided this airlift. However, in recent years, commercial carriers provided a significant amount ...
Leadership Stability in Army Reserve Component Units
(2013)
This monograph reports results of a study to determine the level and causes of personnel turbulence among Army Reserve Component unit leadership and the effects this turbulence can have on training and preparation for ...
Paths to Victory
(2013)
Building on a 2010 RAND study of the 30 insurgencies begun and completed between 1978 and 2008, this study added 41 new cases to the data set, allowing comparisons across all 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide ...
Paths to Victory
(2013)
In-depth case studies of 41 insurgencies since World War II break each conflict into phases and examine the trajectory that led to the outcome (insurgent win or counterinsurgent win). Detailed analysis of the findings, ...
Health Care Spending and Efficiency in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
(2013)
This report shares an overview of the budget of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and focuses particularly on health care spending and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), including makeup of the veteran ...
Developing and Assessing Options for the Global SOF Network
(2013)
U.S. Special Operations Command’s Global SOF Network vision calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach to respond to and deter threats. RAND researchers developed ...
Fixing Leaks
(2013)
In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all ...
The Army's Role in Overcoming Anti-Access and Area Denial Challenges
(2013)
The U.S. armed forces must be prepared to deploy to a wide range of locations and confront adversaries that span the threat spectrum. This report reviews selected findings from a study of Army and joint anti-access and ...
North Africa’s Menace
(2013)
This report assesses the threat from the North African terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM is a serious regional problem, but its similarity to the Al Qaeda of Osama Bin Laden should not be ...
Toward a Secure and Stable Mali
(2013)
Discusses how lasting security and stability can be established in northern Mali after the 2012 conflict there, with an emphasis on understanding the different groups that have been involved in the crisis, the drivers of ...
New Approaches to Defense Inflation and Discounting
(2013)
To assess how well current inflation indices and discount rates serve weapon-system program management, this study investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams and Bradley ground vehicles. Because even similar ...
Mathematical Proficiency for All Students: Toward a Strategic Research and Development Program in Mathematics Education
(2003)
A clear need exists for substantial improvement in mathematics proficiency in U.S. schools. The RAND Mathematics Study Panel was convened to inform the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and ...
Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space
(2003)
Assesses the military space challenges facing the Air Force and the nation in light of the findings and recommendations of the Space Commission. The author reviews the Air Force's involvement in space since its creation ...
Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty
(2003)
The authors describe the challenges and opportunities facing Turkey in the international environment during a time of extraordinary flux. Special emphasis is given to the strategic and security issues facing Turkey, including ...
Electricity Requirements for a Digital Society
(2002)
Greater use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) marks a U.S. transition toward a "digital society" that may profoundly affect electricity supply, demand, and delivery. RAND developed four 2001-2021 scenarios ...
Building Better Homes
(2003)
This report examines the structure, characteristics, and motivations of major participants in the housing industry to explore how innovation might be accelerated. It identifies options and strategies for the federal ...
Terrorism and Development
(2003)
This report examines the social and economic development policies enacted by three countries-Israel, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom-to inhibit a resurgence of terrorism within their jurisdictions. Drawing on a ...
New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking
(2003)
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold WarÑand then the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001Ñtransformed the task of American foreign and defense policymaking. This book outlines the dimensions of that ...
Countering al Qaeda
(2002)
This monograph reviews events since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and discusses the current state of al Qaeda and the kinds of actions that can be expected of it in the future. Al Qaeda constitutes the most ...
Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism
(2002)
It may not be possible to deter fanatical terrorists, but members of terrorist systems may be amenable to influence. The U.S. counterterrorism strategy should therefore include political warfare, placing at risk things the ...
Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time
(2005)
In 2000, Edison Schools, the nation's largest education management organization, asked RAND to analyze its achievement outcomes and design implementation. RAND evaluated Edison's strategies for promoting student achievement ...
Developing Iraq's Security Sector
(2005)
From May 2003 to June 28, 2004 (when it handed over authority to the Iraqi Interim Government), the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) worked to field Iraqi security forces and to develop security sector institutions. ...
War and Escalation in South Asia
(2006)
This monograph highlights key factors in South Asia imperiling U.S. interests, and suggests how and where the U.S. military might play an expanded, influential role. It suggests seven steps the military might take to better ...
Establishing Law and Order After Conflict
(2005)
In a nation-building operation, outside states invest much of their resources in establishing and maintaining the host country's police, internal security forces, and justice system. This book examines post-Cold War ...
Stretched Thin
(2005)
The nation has difficult trade-offs in facing calls on Army forces for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This report describes the effects of large deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, ...
Implications of Modern Decision Science for Military Decision-Support Systems
(2005)
A selective review of modern decision science and implications for decision-support systems. The study suggests ways to synthesize lessons from research on heuristics and biases with those from "naturalistic research." It ...