Jenna W. Kramer

Overview

Commentary

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  Community College Enrollment Is Way Down. That Could Be Bad for Economic Recovery

  Enrollment at America's community colleges is down by nearly 10 percent compared with before the pandemic, leaving community colleges in a perilous financial position. Without intervention, these institutions may not weather the storm.

  Nov 17, 2020 The RAND Blog

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  Schools Need to Be Planning for the Next 9 Months, Not the Next 9 Weeks

  Schools cannot simply wait out this pandemic, nor will short-term planning and ad-hoc infrastructure get them successfully through this academic year. If schools are to minimize educational losses, large-scale investments should be made now.

  Sep 8, 2020 The Hill

Publications

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  Report

  Educating Newcomers: K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

  This report models numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking children crossing the U.S. southwest border, reviews the federal and state policy landscapes for their education, and provides case studies of how schools are managing education for them.

  Sep 30, 2021

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  Research Brief

  Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America and Mexico: Where They Are and How Schools Are Doing

  RAND researchers assessed how the current increase in undocumented and asylum-seeking children across the U.S. southwest border may affect the K–12 school system and conducted case studies of how schools are managing education for these students.

  Sep 30, 2021

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  Report

  Building the Best Offensive and Defensive Cyber Workforce: Volume I, Improving U.S. Air Force Training and Development

  RAND researchers held discussions with enlisted and civilian cyberwarfare personnel to gather insights into how the U.S. Air Force could revamp cyber training, recruiting, and retention. This volume of the report summarizes training-related findings.

  Sep 29, 2021

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  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

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  Report

  National Guard Youth ChalleNGe: Program Progress in 2019–2020

  The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program serves young people experiencing difficulty in traditional high school through a 5.5-month residential program. The authors of this report document the progress of program participants in 2019 and 2020.

  Mar 15, 2021

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  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