Lindsay Daugherty

Senior Policy Researcher

Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in applied economics, University of Michigan; B.A. in economics, University of California, Berkeley

Media Resources

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Overview

Lindsay Daugherty is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation who specializes in education and workforce policy. Her recent areas of focus include access to and success in postsecondary education, workforce development programs, and the education, training, and career transitions of military and veteran populations. Daugherty's work often involves close partnerships with policymakers and practitioners to address critical education and workforce issues, including ongoing partnership work with the Ohio Department of Higher Education, the California Community College system, the Colorado Community College system, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Daugherty has expertise in the design of experimental, quasi-experimental, and descriptive studies, as well as experience informing and assessing the implementation of policies and programs in education and workforce development. She is currently leading several randomized control trials funded by the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate interventions that aim to support success in careers and postsecondary education. Daugherty is also studying innovative approaches to workforce development, including stackable credential pipelines in Colorado and Ohio and the design of competency-based education programs in California community colleges. Other recent studies have examined the transitions of military servicemembers into education and employment.

Daugherty holds a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, a M.A. in applied economics from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in economics from the University of California Berkeley.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

Building Stackable Credential Pipelines that Support Equity and Provide Pathways to the Middle Class for Low-Income Students
Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Collaborative Pilot: A Developmental Evaluation
An Experimental Evaluation of the Efficacy of Virtual Enterprises
Connecting Community College Students to Public and Community Resources: An Experimental Evaluation of Single Stop
Mapping Workforce Certificate and Degree Pathways in Ohio: Are Postsecondary Training Opportunities Setting Students Up for Success?

Selected Publications

Miller, Trey, Daugherty, Lindsay, Martorell, Paco, and Gerber, Russell, "Assessing the effect of corequisite English instruction using a randomized controlled trial," Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021

Daugherty, Lindsay, Drew M. Anderson, Stackable Credential Pipelines in Ohio: Evidence on Programs and Earnings Outcomes, RAND Corporation (RR-A207-1), 2021

Daugherty, Lindsay, Gerber, Russel, Martorell, Paco, Miller, Trey, and Weisburst, Emily, "Heterogeneity in the Effects of College Course Placement," Research in Higher Education, 62(7), 2021

Daugherty, Lindsay, Jenna W. Kramer, Drew M. Anderson, and Robert Bozick, Stacking Educational Credentials in Ohio: Pathways Through Postsecondary Education in Health Care, Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, and Information Technology, RAND Corporation (RR-A136-1), 2020

Daugherty, Lindsay, William R. Johnston, and Tiffany Berglund, Connecting College Students to Alternative Sources of Support: The Single Stop Community College Initiative and Postsecondary Outcomes, RAND Corporation (RR-1740-SSU), 2016

Daugherty, Lindsay, Trey Miller, and Diana Gehlhaus, Supporting College Enrollees Who Test at the Lowest Levels of Readiness: Lessons from Texas Community Colleges, RAND Corporation (RR-2938-IES), 2019

Daugherty, Lindsay, Rita T. Karam, Daniel Basco, and Julia H. Kaufman, Tools for Improving Corequisite Models: A Guide for College Practitioners, RAND Corporation (TL-319-IES), 2019

Werber, Laura, John A. Ausink, Lindsay Daugherty, Brian Phillips, Felix Knutson, and Ryan Haberman, An Assessment of Gaps in Business Acumen and Knowledge of Industry Within the Defense Acquisition Workforce: A Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense in Compliance with Section 843(c) of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, RAND Corporation (RR-2825-OSD), 2019

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: WMFE-FM Online

Commentary

Postsecondary Education

If College Isn't the Pathway to the Middle Class It Once Was—What Is?
Is college still the best path to the middle class? It's complicated. College credentials still do lead many to increased earnings, but the rapid increases in college costs, coupled with a strong labor market, have made the payoff for a college degree no longer a sure thing.
Apr 5, 2022
Fortune
Education Curriculum

Next Year's Freshman: How Corequisites Might Help Address COVID-19 Learning Loss
As states and colleges look to address learning loss due to COVID-19, it is important that they not turn to traditional models of remediation that prevent students from directly entering college coursework. Instead, they should look to new, effective models of corequisite support.
Jul 13, 2021
The RAND Blog
Postsecondary Education

Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support
COVID-19 has expanded the pool of cash-strapped college students, but many were already struggling before the pandemic. The crisis could draw attention to food and housing insecurity among college students, and give college leaders a chance to consider how to address these needs more systematically over the long term.
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
Postsecondary Education

Addressing the College Completion Problem
More than half of students who enter college end up dropping out without ever completing a degree or certificate. Time and money are wasted without the benefits of a degree. While colleges are experimenting with novel techniques to boost completion rates, strategic support from the federal government could further these efforts.
May 9, 2019
The RAND Blog
College-Bound Students

The Case for Corequisites: What Are the Ingredients of Success?
More than two-thirds of community college students and 40 percent of four-year college students take at least one developmental education course. States and colleges across the United States are experimenting with innovative approaches to developmental education to improve graduation rates for struggling students.
May 23, 2018
Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness
Education Reform

Ready, Set, College
With the nation investing at least $1 billion a year in developmental education, states and colleges are rethinking their approaches to reform. Are states moving too fast to mandate developmental education policy? It depends on the policy.
Mar 5, 2018
U.S. News & World Report
Postsecondary Education

Community Colleges Can Be 'First Responders' in Retraining Displaced Workers
Many of the occupations with the most opportunities require two-year degrees or certificates. Community colleges play a key role in training students for these jobs and offer a supportive environment for displaced and dissatisfied workers.
Feb 16, 2017
The Hill
Educational Technology

Step Aside, 'Screen Time.' Make Room for 'Screen Purpose.'
Technology is simply another way to communicate, learn, and play. It shouldn't automatically be regarded as a threat. Whether technology helps or harms children largely depends on how it is used.
Nov 17, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
Secondary Education

Exploring New Approaches to Higher Education: The Expansion of Competency-Based Programs
Policymakers and educators must determine if the risks of maintaining the status quo outweigh the potential benefits of competency-based programs, especially for those students who are ill-served by the traditional higher education model.
Sep 29, 2015
The RAND Blog
Teachers and Teaching

Helping Teachers Overcome Technology Barriers in Early Childhood Education
When it comes to helping children appreciate the benefits of using technology in a classroom setting, early childhood education providers play a critical role integrating that technology appropriately, intentionally, and productively. But these educators face myriad barriers to fulfilling these roles.
Nov 21, 2014
The RAND Blog
Educational Technology

Access to Technology Is Key to Early Childhood Education
For children from all income classes to benefit from the proper use of technology in early childhood education, providers, families, and children themselves must have access to an adequate technology infrastructure, including devices, connectivity, and software.
Nov 4, 2014
The RAND Blog
Early Childhood Education

The Role of Technology in the Lives of Children
On a typical day, children ages 3-5 spend an average of four hours with technology, and technology use is increasing among children of all ages. Debates about the role of technology in early childhood education are ongoing, with some providers, parents, and others yet to be convinced of its potential benefits.
Oct 10, 2014
Educational Technology

RAND Convenes Experts to Examine Role of Technology in Early Childhood Education
The forum focused on several key issues underlying successful integration of technology into early childhood settings, including the goals that should be established for technology use, the infrastructure that is needed to support effective technology use, and the role of teachers and parents in facilitating technology use.
Jun 4, 2014
Educational Equity

Preserving Access and Quality in an Era of Rising University Tuition Fees
Many countries have long traditions of full or partial government funding for higher education, but as they struggle with fiscal pressures, they seek ways to shift costs to users. Implementing greater cost sharing without coherent policies to mitigate its impact on students and institutions threatens to worsen both student access and institutional quality.
Sep 28, 2012
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Publications

Report
The Value of Education and Training After High School: How Postsecondary Credentials Impact Earnings
The author reviews the evidence on earnings gains associated with various types of postsecondary credentials, including college credit–bearing degrees, noncredit training and certificates, apprenticeships, and occupational credentials.
Feb 2, 2022
Journal Article
Assessing the Effect of Corequisite English Instruction Using a Randomized Controlled Trial
This is the first study to provide experimental evidence of the impact of corequisite remediation, an approach to accelerating students into college-level English.
Aug 12, 2021
Research Brief
Building Ohio's Workforce Through Stackable Credentials
Stackable credentials allow individuals with short-term credentials to build on them with additional credentials throughout their careers. This brief summarizes a report in which researchers examined earnings gains from stacking credentials in Ohio.
Jun 8, 2021
Report
Stackable Credential Pipelines in Ohio: Evidence on Programs and Earnings Outcomes
Stackable credentials allow individuals with short-term credentials to build on them with additional credentials throughout their careers. The authors of this report examined educational programs in Ohio and earnings gains from stacking credentials.
Jun 8, 2021
Journal Article
Patterns and Predictors of Postsecondary Re-Enrollment in the Acquisition of Stackable Credentials
This paper uses 15 years of education and employment data from Ohio to examine the predicators of student re-enrollment in postsecondary education after the completion of certificates in Ohio Technical Centers, community colleges, and universities.
Jun 4, 2021
Report
The Credentials Students Earn Beyond a High School Diploma
The author describes common types of postsecondary education credentials and presents data on how frequently individuals earn these credentials and the demographic characteristics of these individuals.
Apr 12, 2021
Journal Article
Heterogeneity in the Effects of College Course Placement
To better understand which types of students might be most likely to benefit from being placed into college-level math coursework, this study examines heterogeneity in the causal effects of placement into college-level courses using administrative data from Texas.
Apr 6, 2021
Research Brief
How Does Corequisite Remediation Change Student Experiences? Results from a Randomized Study in Five Texas Community Colleges
Corequisite remediation for non–college-ready students provides early opportunities to earn credit, more-intensive instruction, greater rigor, greater alignment, and increased opportunities to learn from peers.
Mar 24, 2021
Report
Student Experiences in English Corequisite Remediation Versus a Standalone Developmental Education Course: Findings from an Experimental Study in Texas Community Colleges
In this report, researchers use data from a randomized control trial at five community colleges in Texas to examine contrasts in student experiences between corequisite remediation and standalone developmental education courses.
Mar 24, 2021
Tool
Making Improvements to Stackable Credential Pipelines: A Toolkit on Using Data to Drive Improvement in Ohio Postsecondary Institutions
Stackable credential programs are designed to make it easier for students to earn multiple postsecondary credentials within a field. This toolkit provides steps for identifying issues in and making improvements to stackable credential pipelines.
Sep 23, 2020
Report
Stacking Educational Credentials in Ohio: Pathways Through Postsecondary Education in Health Care, Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, and Information Technology
RAND researchers examine students who earned postsecondary certificates in Ohio and went on to earn additional educational credentials. The researchers describe which types of credentials were earned and how students progressed through institutions.
May 11, 2020
Report
Connecting College Students to Alternative Sources of Support: The Single Stop Community College Initiative and Postsecondary Outcomes
This report examines a program designed to improve the well-being of low-income communities by connecting individuals to public benefits and other institutional and community resources to address nonacademic barriers to college completion.
Apr 29, 2020
Report
A Team-Based Leadership Intervention in New York City Schools: An Evaluation of the Targeted Intensive School Support Program
This report describes findings from an evaluation of the implementation and effects of the Targeted Intensive School Support program. This program was implemented in New York City Department of Education schools by the NYC Leadership Academy.
Apr 24, 2020
Report
Supporting College Enrollees Who Test at the Lowest Levels of Readiness: Lessons from Texas Community Colleges
Beginning in fall 2015, Texas policymakers recommended that colleges offer targeted supports to students who tested at the lowest levels on the state's placement exam. This report describes the reforms and their implementation by community colleges.
Aug 26, 2019
Tool
Tools for Improving Corequisite Models: A Guide for College Practitioners
This toolkit acts as a guide to improvement strategies for teams of practitioners at colleges, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to carry out rapid cycles of data-driven improvement to address issues they face on the ground.
May 28, 2019
Report
An Assessment of Gaps in Business Acumen and Knowledge of Industry Within the Defense Acquisition Workforce: A Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense in Compliance with Section 843(c) of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act
RAND researchers assessed gaps in business acumen and knowledge of industry present within the defense acquisition workforce. They identified apparent knowledge gaps, possible reasons for their existence, and potential approaches to closing them.
May 28, 2019
Draft
Practitioner Perspectives on Implementing Developmental Education Reforms: A Convening of Six Community Colleges in Texas
Provides a description of the various convening sessions and the perspectives of practitioners regarding promising practices and lessons learned regarding key developmental education reforms.
Dec 3, 2018
Report
A One-Stop Approach to Supporting the Nonacademic Needs of Community College Students: An Evaluation of Single Stop's Impact in North Carolina
This report examines the impact of using Single Stop (a program that connects college students to governmental, community, and institutional resources) on postsecondary outcomes for students at four community colleges in North Carolina.
Nov 12, 2018
Report
Designing and Implementing Corequisite Models of Developmental Education: Findings from Texas Community Colleges
This report describes the implementation of integrated reading and writing corequisites -- a reform to developmental education that accelerates students into college-level courses, while providing academic support -- in Texas community colleges.
Feb 12, 2018
Tool
Logic Models for Selecting, Designing, and Implementing Evidence-Based Leadership Interventions: Companion Guide to School Leadership Interventions Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
This guide describes six types of school leadership interventions, summarizes common components of evidence-based interventions, and unpacks the relationships between the intervention activities and student outcomes.
Dec 14, 2017
Report
Dual Credit Education in Texas: Interim Report
Examines the accessibility, diversity, quality, and efficiency of dual credit education programs in Texas, and proposes areas of dual credit education to investigate in the second phase of the study.
Aug 29, 2017
Report
Are Current Military Education Benefits Efficient and Effective for the Services?
This research takes a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of military education benefit programs on recruiting and retention-related outcomes, and to assess how the two largest education benefits may work together.
Jun 19, 2017
Report
2016 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project: Executive Summary
This executive summary presents the key findings of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2011.
Feb 15, 2017
Report
2016 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project
This report accomplishes the fiscal year (FY) 2016 assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2011.
Feb 14, 2017
Draft
Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium Through Inclusion of Shortage Indicators
Develops a new methodology to improve the estimation of a disequilibrium model that incorporates a survey-based shortage indicator into the model and estimation strategy.
Jan 9, 2017
Journal Article
Examining the Implementation of Technology-Based Blended Algebra I Curriculum at Scale
This article examines the implementation of a widely used blended algebra curriculum and the relationship between implementation and student outcomes.
Dec 28, 2016
Journal Article
Does Student Effort Respond to Incentives? Evidence from a Guaranteed College Admissions Program
This paper studies the effects of guaranteed college admission on student effort and achievement. In 1997, Texas enacted the "Top Ten Percent" law, which guarantees admission to any public college for students in the top ten percent of their high school class.
Dec 8, 2016
Tool
Officer Accession Planning: A Manual for Estimating Air Force Officer Degree Requirements
This tool describes and provides implementation guidance for the process RAND Project AIR FORCE created to develop evidence-based degree requirements for officer accessions.
Aug 1, 2016
Draft
The Impact of the New Haven Promise Program on College Enrollment, Choice, and Persistence
Estimates the impact of being eligible for the New Haven Promise program for the first three high school graduate cohorts using regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences approaches.
Apr 22, 2016
Research Brief
Employment Assistance for Reserve Component Members
RAND researchers reviewed previous research, conducted informational discussions with employment program managers, and identified ways to improve efforts to provide federal job placement and related employment services for reserve component members.
Mar 24, 2016
Report
Review of the Provision of Job Placement Assistance and Related Employment Services to Members of the Reserve Components
This study identifies the current U.S. employment programs and resources available to reserve component members, assesses the gaps and overlaps in those programs and resources, and recommends improvements to services.
Mar 24, 2016
Journal Article
Innovative Pathways Through Developmental Education and Postsecondary Success: An Examination of Developmental Math Interventions Across Texas
This study assessed alternative course delivery for developmental education (DE) math and student outcomes in community colleges in Texas.
2016
Report
Identifying Key Workplace Stressors Affecting Twentieth Air Force: Analyses Conducted from December 2012 Through February 2013
A series of focus groups with 20th Air Force personnel and their spouses helped assess such issues as job stress and satisfaction and problem behaviors and solicit suggestions for addressing them.
Dec 23, 2015
Report
Competency-Based Education Programs in Texas: An Innovative Approach to Higher Education
This report describes competency-based education in Texas by documenting six institutions that currently offer these programs and recent efforts of the state to support them.
Oct 22, 2015
Journal Article
Regional and Gender Differences and Trends in the Anesthesiologist Workforce
A study of workforce trends in anesthesiology by region and gender in the United States.
Oct 19, 2015
Report
An Assessment of Fiscal Year 2013 Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs
RAND researchers conducted a formal review of 13 programs that received Beyond Yellow Ribbon appropriations in fiscal year 2013, helping to identify programs with strong records of success and develop a nationwide set of promising practices.
May 4, 2015
Research Brief
Planning for Higher Education Programs: Effectively Using Data and Modeling to Understand Workforce Needs
Workforce data sources provide valuable information, though no source should be used on its own. The information should be used to manage new and ongoing degree programs and for periodic strategic planning.
Apr 23, 2015
Report
Training Cyber Warriors: What Can Be Learned from Defense Language Training?
This report seeks to help those planning future cyber training by highlighting what can be learned from another U.S. military specialty with some similarities to cyber: defense language.
Mar 16, 2015
Report
Using Workforce Information for Degree Program Planning in Texas
This report describes current practices in using workforce information for degree program planning, analyzes options for using workforce information, recommends promising practices, describes new data tools, and applies these tools.
Feb 11, 2015
Journal Article
Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions, and College Outcomes
Access to selective universities is highly coveted because of the perception that attending one provides opportunities otherwise difficult to obtain.
Dec 8, 2014
Research Brief
New Haven Promise: An Early Look at College Preparation, Access, and Enrollment of New Haven Public School Students (2010–2013)
This brief highlights findings of a study of early progress of New Haven Promise, a place-based scholarship program focusing on college preparation, access, and enrollment.
Nov 21, 2014
Research Brief
Transforming an Urban Public School District: Tracking the Progress of the New Haven Public Schools' Educational Reforms and the New Haven Promise Scholarship Program
This brief summarizes a study of baseline conditions and early progress of two educational efforts in Connecticut: New Haven School Change, a sweeping K-12 educational reform, and New Haven Promise, a scholarship program.
Nov 21, 2014
Report
Transforming an Urban School System: Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise Education Reforms (2010–2013)
This report documents a study of baseline conditions and early progress of two educational efforts in Connecticut: New Haven School Change, a sweeping districtwide K-12 educational reform, and New Haven Promise, a scholarship program.
Nov 20, 2014
Report
Transforming an Urban School System: Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise Education Reforms (2010–2013) — Technical Appendixes
This volume contains supporting appendixes for a study of baseline conditions and early progress of two educational efforts in Connecticut: New Haven School Change, a districtwide K-12 educational reform, and New Haven Promise, a scholarship program.
Nov 20, 2014
Report
Families, Powered On: Improving Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education Through Technology
The authors describe barriers that hinder family engagement in early childhood education and ways technology might help -- empowering families to become better educators at home, and strengthening connection and communication between school and home.
Nov 17, 2014
Report
Getting Early Childhood Educators Up and Running: Creating Strong Technology Curators, Facilitators, Guides, and Users
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.
Nov 3, 2014
Report
How Much and What Kind? Identifying an Adequate Technology Infrastructure for Early Childhood Education
The authors examine how stakeholders might collaborate to (1) define what constitutes an adequate technology architecture for the purposes of addressing the digital divide in early childhood education and (2) help ensure that it is realized.
Oct 20, 2014
Report
Moving Beyond Screen Time: Redefining Developmentally Appropriate Technology Use in Early Childhood Education
The authors challenge the traditional emphasis on screen time as a measure of "developmentally appropriate" technology use by young children and discuss how to move toward a more comprehensive definition.
Oct 8, 2014
Report
Air Force-Wide Needs for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Academic Degrees
RAND researchers asked Air Force senior functional authorities which STEM degrees are and will be needed to maintain vital technical skills. The results suggest areas the Air Force should review for emerging demand.
Oct 6, 2014
Report
Getting on the Same Page: Identifying Goals for Technology Use in Early Childhood Education
Technology use among young children is on the rise, but technology's role in early childhood education (ECE) is still in debate. The authors offer ways to move past that debate and identify several potential core goals to guide technology use in ECE.
Sep 22, 2014
Report
Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas
Considers potential benefits and drawbacks of expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs in Texas, including current unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and several applied sciences occupations.
Aug 28, 2014
Report
Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas: Executive Summary
Summarizes a report on the potential benefits and drawbacks of expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs in Texas, including current unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and several applied sciences occupations.
Aug 28, 2014
Report
The Anesthesiologist Workforce in 2013: A Final Briefing to the American Society of Anesthesiologists
To understand how population and health care changes affect the anesthesiologist workforce, researchers conducted a national survey of American Society of Anesthesiologists members in 2013. This report documents their findings.
May 30, 2014
Report
Effects of Military Service on Earnings and Education Revisited: Variation by Service Duration, Occupation, and Civilian Unemployment
This report examines how military service affects earnings, especially how these effects differ by the number of years of service and military occupational specialties and how external factors and policies affect these impacts.
May 14, 2014
Report
Using Early Childhood Education to Bridge the Digital Divide
Many low-income children lack the same access to technology as their more-advantaged peers. This Perspective explores the role of early childhood education in ensuring that low-income children can access technology and learn how to use it.
Mar 3, 2014
Report
Implementation of the DoD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan: A Framework for Change Through Accountability
Provides a framework that the Department of Defense can use to organize the strategic initiatives outlined in its 2012 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan.
Jan 31, 2014
Research Brief
Does an Algebra Course with Tutoring Software Improve Student Learning?
Examines whether the Cognitive Tutor Algebra I (CTAI) algebra curriculum, which includes tutoring software, is effective in improving the math test scores of middle and high school students, relative to traditional algebra instruction.
Nov 18, 2013
Report
Analyses of the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Update to Methods and Results through FY 2011
RAND has been providing ongoing analysis of the defense acquisition workforce; this volume documents the methods and data and provides a user's manual for a model for projecting the future workforce supply.
Sep 19, 2013
Report
Building the Links Between Funding and Quality in Higher Education: India's Challenge
Reviews India's and other countries' higher education systems and suggests seven policy actions that the Indian national government and other stakeholders can take to improve higher education by linking funding to quality.
Jul 23, 2013
Research Brief
Linking Funding and Quality to Improve Higher Education in India
RAND researchers developed a course of action to help India implement policies and reforms that link higher education quality to funding to increase accountability, encourage greater innovation, and contribute to national goals.
Jul 23, 2013
Report
An Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project
This is a legislatively mandated assessment of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo).
Oct 11, 2012
Report
Analysis of Costs in an Algebra I Curriculum Effectiveness Study
Examines the costs of implementing Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I curriculum and comparison algebra I curricula (published by Prentice Hall, Glencoe, and McDougal Littell).
Jul 12, 2012
Research Brief
Is There a Shortage of Anesthesia Providers in the United States?
Analysis of labor market trends suggests that the United States is experiencing a shortage of anesthesiology providers.
Jul 7, 2010
Report
An Analysis of the Labor Markets for Anesthesiology
Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists provide most anesthesiology services in the United States. Following survey, demand-based, and econometric analyses, the authors conclude that a national shortage of both is highly likely.
Mar 9, 2010
Dissertation
Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care?
Explores why Hispanic children are enrolled in preschools and early childhood centers in lesser proportions than children of other races and ethnicities.
Jan 25, 2010
Report
The Prospects for Increasing the Reuse of Digital Training Content
Critically examines current efforts to reuse digital training content as a strategy to reduce the cost of its development, and provides recommendations regarding how the reuse option might be further encouraged.
Mar 3, 2009
Report
The Department of the Navy's Civilian Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Recent Trends
Summarizes defense acquisition workforce analyses that RAND has undertaken for the Department of the Navy.
Jan 14, 2009
Journal Article
Disparities in Detection and Treatment History Among Mothers with Major Depression in Los Angeles
The authors sought to determine disparities in detection and treatment histories among a group of racial and ethnically diverse mothers with major depression.
2009
Journal Article
A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs About Key Preschool Classroom Experiences
The aim of the study was to uncover early childhood educators' beliefs about how to best work with children getting ready for kindergarten.
2009
Report
The Defense Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Personnel Trends Relevant to Policy, 1993–2006
Summarizes defense acquisition workforce analyses that RAND has undertaken in support of human capital strategic planning.
Jul 9, 2008
Draft
Defining Corporate Culture: How Social Scientists Define Culture, Values and Tradeoffs among Them
This literature review was conducted in an effort to develop a clear and concise definition of the frequently used and sometimes obscure concept of ''culture'' in various social science literatures.
Nov 28, 2007