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Aligning Roles and Missions for Future Multidomain Warfare

The authors identified disputes among roles, missions, and functions (RMF) that have endured as problems for the U.S. Air Force and crafted a framework for analyzing the RMF implications of strategic-level guidance and emerging operational concepts.

Aug 19, 2021

Sean M. Zeigler, Sarah Harting, Sebastian Joon Bae, Julia Brackup, Alan J. Vick
Report

Will Students Come Back? A July 2021 Parent Survey About School Hesitancy and Parental Preferences for COVID-19 Safety Practices in Schools

This report provides the survey questions and weighted responses from a July 2021 survey of parents concerning school hesitancy and preferences for COVID-19 safety practices in schools in the United States.

Aug 18, 2021

Heather L. Schwartz, Melissa Kay Diliberti, David Grant
Report

The Changing Nature of Entrepreneurship

Online platforms and services have helped increase entrepreneurship in the United States, but concentration in the online marketplace has created challenges for entrepreneurs. Can entrepreneurship remain a viable pathway to financial success?

Aug 18, 2021

Benjamin K. Master, Lisa Abraham
Visualization

Summer 2021 COVID-19 Survey Results: American School District Panel Interactive Survey Results Tool

This tool allows users to compare district leaders' responses to each question in the June 2021 survey. Bar charts display results for all respondents and by district type, locale, student racial and ethnicity composition, and district poverty level.

Aug 16, 2021

Gerald P. Hunter, Heather L. Schwartz, Melissa Kay Diliberti
Report

The K–12 Pandemic Budget and Staffing Crises Have Not Panned Out—Yet: Selected Findings from the Third American School District Panel Survey

This report presents district leaders' accounts of staff turnover and fiscal health at the end of the 2020–2021 school year. The authors highlight district leaders' concerns about facing a fiscal cliff after federal aid expires.

Aug 16, 2021

Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz
Report

Technical Documentation for the Third American School District Panel Survey

This report provides technical information about the June 2021 survey of the American School District Panel. The authors summarize districts' characteristics and the weighting process that they used to produce nationally representative estimates.

Aug 16, 2021

David Grant, Claude Messan Setodji, Gerald P. Hunter, Melissa Kay Diliberti
Report

Project imPACT Cohort 1 Final Local Evaluation Report

The authors summarize findings from a process and outcome evaluation of Cohort 1 of Project imPACT, an employment program for individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system, which provided services from July 2018 to December 2020.

Aug 16, 2021

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Alfonso Martin, Katya Migacheva, Amy Goldman, Nicole Bracy, Veronica Awan, Sarah B. Hunter
Research Brief

Helping Los Angelenos Involved in the Criminal Justice System Get and Keep Jobs

The authors summarize findings of a process and outcome evaluation of Project imPACT, an employment program for individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system, which provided services from July 2018 to December 2020.

Aug 16, 2021

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Alfonso Martin, Katya Migacheva, Amy Goldman, Nicole Bracy, Veronica Awan, Sarah B. Hunter
Report

Understanding and Defending Against Russia's Malign and Subversive Information Efforts in Europe

The authors describe apparent efforts by Russia and its agents to use information to shape Russia's operating environment, and they identify possible defensive approaches for United States European Command and its partners.

Aug 16, 2021

Miriam Matthews, Alyssa Demus, Elina Treyger, Marek N. Posard, Hilary Reininger, Christopher Paul
Report

Russian Grand Strategy: Rhetoric and Reality

What is Russia's declared grand strategy? How do its actions and resource decisions match its declarations? The authors of this report offer answers to these questions and suggest implications for U.S. policymakers.

Aug 16, 2021

Samuel Charap, Dara Massicot, Miranda Priebe, Alyssa Demus, Clint Reach, Mark Stalczynski, Eugeniu Han, Lynn E. Davis
Report

Stress Control for Military, Law Enforcement, and First Responders: A Systematic Review

This report presents a systematic review of studies of interventions designed to prevent, identify, and manage acute occupational stress among military, law enforcement, and first responders.

Aug 16, 2021

Margaret A. Maglione, Christine Chen, Armenda Bialas, Aneesa Motala, Joan Chang, Olamigoke Akinniranye, Susanne Hempel
Report

Summary of the Current Status of Health Insurance Enrollment in Connecticut

To help the state of Connecticut better understand current health insurance enrollment to support improvements to affordability, access, and equity, the authors estimate the distributions of health insurance enrollment by age, gender, race, and ethnicity in detailed insurance categories.

Aug 13, 2021

Preethi Rao, Federico Girosi, Christine Eibner
Journal Article

"What We Have Here, Is a Failure to [Replicate]": Ways to Solve a Replication Crisis in Implementation Science

This article reviews what is known about replication of implementation trials, and identifies the gaps and next steps to continue increasing the transparency, openness, and replicability of implementation research.

Aug 13, 2021

Matthew Chinman, Joie D. Acosta, Patricia A. Ebener, Amy L. Shearer
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Engaging with North Korea: Lessons from Game Theory

In this report, the authors apply a game theoretic lens to the current confrontation between the United States and North Korea to provide insights and recommendations.

Aug 12, 2021

Troy D. Smith, Marco Hafner, Bruce W. Bennett
Dissertation

Increasing Fighter Pilot Retention with Improved Basing Decisions

Leverages a value-added model to identify changes to Air Force basing policy that could improve fighter pilot retention outcomes.

Aug 12, 2021

Russell H. Williams
Journal Article

A Pilot Study Investigating STEM Learners' Ability to Decipher AI-generated Video

In this study, state of the art AI algorithms are trained on a specific STEM context (e.g., climate change) using publicly-available data.

Aug 12, 2021

Dule Shu, Christopher Joseph Doss, Jared Mondschein, Denise Kopecky, Valerie A. Fitton-Kane, Lance Bush, Conrad Tucker
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

Trey Miller, Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell, Russell Gerber
Tool

Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military

This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of military sexual assault prevention activities. It includes instructions, blank tools, and examples.

Aug 11, 2021

Matthew Chinman, Patricia A. Ebener, Coreen Farris, Amy L. Shearer, Joie D. Acosta
Report

Operational Unpredictability and Deterrence: Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking

This report assesses whether and how the U.S. military might utilize unpredictability in force employment, posture, and operations to deter adversaries and identifies the possible risks and costs of such approaches.

Aug 11, 2021

Miranda Priebe, Angela O'Mahony, Bryan Frederick, Alyssa Demus, Bonny Lin, Michelle Grisé, Derek Eaton, Abby Doll
Report

Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members

Researchers sought to identify the root causes of underrepresentation for women and members of racial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as facilitators of and barriers to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Aug 11, 2021

Nelson Lim, Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Louis T. Mariano, Miriam Matthews, Lisa Saum-Manning, Devon Hill, Brandon Crosby, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Linda Cottrell, Clara A. Aranibar

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