Melanie A. Zaber

Overview

Commentary

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  Women and COVID-19: Studying the Impact of Sex and Gender

  Much of current medical evidence is based largely on men. The current COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to examine the potential value of asking questions about sex and gender differences to inform ongoing policy decisions.

  Apr 13, 2020 The RAND Blog

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  Should the Federal Workforce Stay Remote? Planning for After the Crisis

  As physical distancing becomes the new norm, so too does telework. But should federal agencies maintain their remote operations for the long haul? As those of us involved with national security agencies, operations, and workforce issues know, this is not a decision to make lightly.

  Apr 3, 2020 The RAND Blog

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  Navigating College and Career Readiness in a Time of Uncertainty

  How we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic today will likely have longer-term effects. This means that we need to think about people who are actively preparing for that future: high school students looking to enter college and careers.

  Mar 26, 2020 The RAND Blog

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  Income Share Agreements: What's Risky, What's Promising, and What We Still Need to Know

  While policymakers debate options to address college affordability and the nation's mounting student loan debt, an alternative education financing model has been gaining ground in a handful of schools and state legislatures: the income share agreement. While terms vary from institution to institution, they are all based on the same premise: The more income a graduate makes, the more they will pay back.

  Jun 5, 2019 The RAND Blog

Publications

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  Teacher and Principal Perspectives on Supports for Students' College and Career Pathways: Findings from the American Educator Panels

  In this report, the authors investigate the link between school context and school-provided college and career pathway supports to better understand potential causes of gaps in student postgraduation outcomes.

  Mar 26, 2020

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  Reimagining the Workforce Development and Employment System for the 21st Century and Beyond

  U.S. education, training, and workforce development have not significantly changed despite 21st-century needs. To address this, RAND Corporation researchers developed a systems-level, blue-sky approach to rethinking system functions and features.

  Sep 19, 2019

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  Research Brief

  A System That Works: How a New Workforce Development and Employment System Can Meet the Needs of Employers, Workers, and Other Stakeholders

  U.S. education, training, and workforce development have not significantly changed despite 21st-century needs. This research brief details a systems-level, blue-sky approach to rethinking the current workforce development and employment system.

  Sep 19, 2019

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  Beyond Traditional Academic Degrees: The Labor Market Returns to Occupational Credentials

  Estimates the effect of occupational credentials on labor market outcomes.

  Mar 25, 2019

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  Preparing School Leaders for Success: Evaluation of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals Program, 2012–2017

  This report analyzes whether schools and students led by graduates of New Leaders‘ Aspiring Principals program outperformed comparison schools and students in the same district.

  Feb 25, 2019

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  Journal Article

  Market Power and Price Discrimination in the US Market for Higher Education

  We estimate an equilibrium model of private and public college competition and pricing using the NPSAS. We find substantial exercise of inefficient market power and, importantly, sizable variation by both college quality and student characteristics.

  Feb 15, 2019

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  The Safety Nest: A Model of Family Coresidence

  Uses linked sibling data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) to investigate the presence of a relationship between young adult and elderly coresidence within families.

  Mar 1, 2018