Education Policy

Education policy includes laws as well as processes and policies that educational organizations, local districts, states, and nations put in place and follow to achieve academic goals. RAND analyses have informed education policy in the United States, United Kingdom, Qatar, and many other countries.

Research conducted by: RAND Education; RAND-Qatar Policy Institute; RAND Europe

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Catherine H. Augustine

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. and M.A. in education, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University

Ahmed Baghdady

Research Project Manager
M.Sc. in educational leadership, University of Leicester

Peter Bergman

Associate Economist
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Susan Burkhauser

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in management, Cornell University; M.Phil in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Jill Cannon

Policy Researcher
B.A. in political science, University of California, Los Angeles; M.P.P. in public policy, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. in public administration, University of Southern California

Jose Castillo

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, University of Chile/University of Chicago; M.A. in economics and finance of aging, Tilburg University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

Louay Constant

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

Rafiq Dossani

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in finance, Northwestern University; MBA in finance & economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; BA in economics, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Susannah Faxon-Mills

Research Assistant
B.A. in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A. in education policy, Stanford University

Michael Frearson

Research Leader
Ph.D. in history, University of Cambridge; B.A. (Honours) Research in history, University of New South Wales

Titus Galama

Economist (Adjunct)
Ph.D. in economics, Tilburg University; Ph.D. and M.Sc. in physics, University of Amsterdam; M.B.A., INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

Susan M. Gates

Director, Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; M.A. in Russian and Eastern European studies, Stanford University; A.B. in mathematical economics, Brown University

Charles A. Goldman

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; S.B. in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael A. Gottfried

Adjunct Researcher
Ph.D. in applied economics, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania; M.A. in applied economics, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in economics, Stanford University

Laura S. Hamilton

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in educational psychology, M.S. in statistics, Stanford University; M.S. in psychology in education, University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in music education, Duquesne University

Lawrence M. Hanser

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in psychology, Iowa State University; B.A. in psychology, Marquette University

Marie-Louise Henham

Associate Analyst
M.Ed. in politics, democratic education and development, University of Cambridge; PGCE in Secondary English, University of Cambridge; B.A. Hons. in English, University of Cambridge

Rita Karam

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in education, University of California, Riverside; M.A. in sociology, California State University, Fullerton; B.A. in sociology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Lynn A. Karoly

Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College

Krishna B. Kumar

Director, RAND Labor and Population; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

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