Louay Constant

Policy Researcher
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in public policy and administration, University of Kentucky

Overview

Biography

Louay Constant is a policy researcher at RAND and has conducted research and analysis on both domestic and international education and social policy issues. Constant's work has focused on education reform in the K-12 and postsecondary contexts. He has worked on projects that have examined the link between national skills demand and supply, and he has conducted research on national efforts to implement education, training, and labor market reforms to address human resource deficits mainly in the Middle East. Constant has also been involved in projects examining U.S. state and school district efforts at improving school leadership, citywide efforts to improve out of school time provision, and challenges facing U.S. middle schools.

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Adjunct Instructor, University of Southern California

Recent Projects

  • Design and Implementation of Qatar K-12 Education Reform
  • Qatar Postsecondary Study
  • Supporting the Research, Policy, and Strategic Planning Department
  • Arab Human Capital Study

Selected Publications

Constant, Louay, Charles A. Goldman, Gail Zellman, Catherine H. Augustine, Titus Galama, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Cassandra M. Guarino, Rita Karam, Gery Wayne Ryan, and Hanine Salem, "Promoting Quality and Variety Through the Public Financing of Privately Operated Schools in Qatar," Journal of School Choice, 4(4):450-473, 2010

Louay Constant, Vazha Nadareishvili with Hanine Salem, A Survey of Qatari Secondary School Seniors: Methods and Results, RAND (TR-577-QATAR), 2008

Gabriella Gonzalez, Lynn Karoly, Louay Constant, Hanine Salem, and Charles Goldman, Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century, RAND (MG-786), 2008

Dominic J. Brewer, Catherine H. Augustine, Gail L. Zellman, Gery Ryan, Charles A. Goldman, Cathleen Stasz, Louay Constant, Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar, RAND (MG-548-QATAR), 2007

Publications

Qatar - 2013

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program - 2012

Meeting the Challenge: The Economic Return on Investment in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program - 2012

Qatar's School Transportation System: Supporting Safety, Efficiency, and Service Quality (Arabic-language version) - 2012

Qatar's School Transportation System: Supporting Safety, Efficiency, and Service Quality - 2012

Updating Qatar's School Transportation System - 2012

K-12 Education Reform in Qatar - 2011

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs - 2010

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Build Systems to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs - 2010

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 1: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer School, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs - 2010

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 2: The Power of Data to Improve After-School Programs Citywide - 2010

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 3: Profiles of Five Cities Improving After-School Programs Through a Systems Approach - 2010

Promoting Quality and Variety Through the Public Financing of Privately Operated Schools in Qatar - 2010

Building Cohesive Leadership Systems to Improve School Leadership - 2009

Developing a School Finance System for K-12 Reform in Qatar - 2009

Implementation of the K-12 Education Reform in Qatar's Schools - 2009

Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform - 2009

Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform (Arabic version) - 2009

Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems - 2009

Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years - 2009

Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic version) - 2009

A Survey of Qatari Secondary School Seniors: Methods and Results - 2008

Addressing Human Capital Challenges: Assessing the Experiences of Four Countries in the Arab Region (Arabic Version) - 2008

Addressing Human Capital Challenges: Assessing the Experiences of Four Countries in the Arab Region - 2008

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates - 2008

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates: Executive Summary - 2008

Identifying Priorities for Post-Secondary Education in Qatar (Arabic version) - 2008

A New System for K-12 Education in Qatar - 2007

A New System for K-12 Education in Qatar (Arabic version) - 2007

Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar - 2007

Education for a New Era, Executive Summary: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar - 2007

Identifying Priorities for Post-Secondary Education in Qatar - 2007

Post-Secondary Education in Qatar: Employer Demand, Student Choice, and Options for Policy - 2007

An Introduction to Qatar’s Primary and Secondary Education Reform - 2006

When Money Matters: Campaign Contributions, Roll Call Votes, and School Choice in Florida - 2006

Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges Facing the American Middle School - 2004

Problems and Promise of the American Middle School - 2004