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Research Briefs

RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work.

2019

Advancing Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

Lynn A. Karoly
The American Working Conditions Survey Finds That Nearly Half of Retirees Would Return to Work

Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Assessing the Use of Data Analytics in Department of Defense Acquisition

Philip S. Anton, Megan McKernan, Ken Munson, James G. Kallimani, Alexis Levedahl, Irv Blickstein, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Sydne Newberry
As Youthful Arrests Spike, Their Consequences Rise, Too

James P. Smith
The Battle for Baghdad: Institutionalizing Army Lessons for Urban Combat

David E. Johnson, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Brenna Allen, Raphael S. Cohen, Gian Gentile, James Hoobler, Michael Schwille, Jerry M. Sollinger, Sean M. Zeigler
Building an Effective and Practical National Approach to Terrorism Prevention

Brian A. Jackson, Ashley L. Rhoades, Jordan R. Reimer, Natasha Lander, Katherine Costello, Sina Beaghley
Countering Sectarianism in the Middle East: Lessons from Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, and Iraq

Jeffrey Martini, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Becca Wasser, Amanda Rizkallah, Justin Gengler, Kathleen Reedy, Ami Carpenter
The Ecology of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Stephen W. Patrick, Laura J. Faherty, Andrew W. Dick, Theresa A. Scott, Judith Dudley, Bradley D. Stein
Evolving the Practice of Evaluating Research-Portfolios

Marjory S. Blumenthal, Jirka Taylor, Erin N. Leidy, Brent Anderson, Diana Gehlhaus Carew, John Bordeaux, Michael G. Shanley
Facts Versus Opinions: How the Style and Language of News Presentation Is Changing in the Digital Age

Jennifer Kavanagh, William Marcellino, Jonathan S. Blake, Shawn Smith, Steven Davenport, Mahlet G. Tebeka
Federal Block Grants to States for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Homelessness: Potential Improvements to Funding Formulas

J. Scott Ashwood, Karen Chan Osilla, Maria DeYoreo, Joshua Breslau, Jeanne S. Ringel, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Nima Shahidinia, David M. Adamson, Margaret Chamberlin, M. Audrey Burnam
The Growing Need to Focus on Modern Political Warfare

Linda Robinson, Todd C. Helmus, Raphael S. Cohen, Alireza Nader, Andrew Radin, Madeline Magnuson, Katya Migacheva
Hacked Autonomous Vehicles: Who May Be Liable for Damages? An Initial Investigation into How Civil Liability Systems Can Prepare

Zev Winkelman, Maya Buenaventura, James M. Anderson, Nahom M. Beyene, Pavan Katkar, Gregory Cyril Baumann
High-Quality Mental Health Care for Veterans: What It Means and Why It Matters

The RAND Corporation
Holistic Representation: An Innovative Approach to Defending Poor Clients Can Reduce Incarceration and Save Taxpayer Dollars — Without Harm to Public Safety

James M. Anderson, Maya Buenaventura, Paul Heaton
How African Institutions Help Keep the Peace

James Dobbins, Andrew Radin, Stephanie Pezard, Jonathan S. Blake, Laura Bosco, Nathan Chandler, James Pumzile Machakaire, Wandile Langa, Charles Nyuykonge, Kitenge Fabrice Tunda
How Army Families Address Life's Challenges

Thomas E. Trail, Carra S. Sims, Margaret Tankard
How Educators and Employers Can Align Efforts to Fill Middle-Skills STEM Jobs

Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Christopher Joseph Doss, Julia H. Kaufman, Robert Bozick
How Teacher Effectiveness Spills Over into Other Classrooms

Isaac M. Opper
Human Smuggling from Central America to the United States: What Is Known or Knowable About Smugglers' Operations and Revenues?

Victoria A. Greenfield, Blas Nunez-Neto, Ian Mitch, Joseph C. Chang, Etienne Rosas
Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care for Veterans: Lessons from RAND Research

The RAND Corporation
Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Enhanced How Teachers Are Evaluated But Had Little Effect on Student Outcomes

Brian M. Stecher, Deborah J. Holtzman, Michael S. Garet, Laura S. Hamilton, John Engberg, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Abby Robyn, Matthew D. Baird, Italo A. Gutierrez, Evan D. Peet, et al.
Military Behavioral Health Technicians: Understanding and Optimizing Their Role

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Kimberly A. Hepner, Terri Tanielian, Amanda Meyer, Harold Alan Pincus, Lauren Skrabala
Options for funding the NHS and social care in the UK: How the UK general public would prefer extra funds to be raised

Jon Sussex, Peter Burge, Hui Lu, Josephine Exley, Suzanne King, Jonathan Cylus, Daniel Roland, Ellen Nolte, Jennie Corbett, Karen Jones, et al.
Overextending and Unbalancing Russia: Assessing the Impact of Cost-Imposing Options

James Dobbins, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, Brent Williams
Oversight of emerging science and technology: Lessons from history to guide future developments

Salil Gunashekar, Sarah Parks, Joe Francombe, Camilla d'Angelo, Gemma-Claire Ali, Pamina Smith, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Marlene Altenhofer, Gordon R. McInroy
Support for Social and Emotional Learning Is Widespread: Principals and Teachers Give Insight into How They Value, Address, and Measure It, and Which Supports They Need

Laura S. Hamilton, Christopher Joseph Doss, Elizabeth D. Steiner
A System That Works: How a New Workforce Development and Employment System Can Meet the Needs of Employers, Workers, and Other Stakeholders

Melanie A. Zaber, Lynn A. Karoly, Katie Whipkey
Understanding America's Surge in Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids

Bryce Pardo, Jirka Taylor, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, Peter Reuter, Bradley D. Stein
Understanding Researcher Mobility

Susan Guthrie, Catherine A. Lichten, Emma Harte, Sarah Parks, Steven Wooding
What Other States Can Learn from Louisiana's Ambitious Efforts to Reshape Its Education System

Matthew D. Baird, Jill S. Cannon, Shelly Culbertson, Laura S. Hamilton, Maggie Q. Hannan, Julia H. Kaufman, Sophie Meyers, Elizabeth D. Steiner
What Will Russian Military Capabilities Look Like in the Future?

Andrew Radin, Lynn E. Davis, Edward Geist, Eugeniu Han, Dara Massicot, Matthew Povlock, Clint Reach, Scott Boston, Samuel Charap, William Mackenzie, et al.
What Works for Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers: The Case of New Orleans' Career Pathways Training Program

Matthew D. Baird, John Engberg, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Thomas Goughnour, Italo A. Gutierrez, Rita Karam
Why Do Women Leave the Coast Guard, and What Can Be Done to Encourage Them to Stay?

Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Sarah Weilant, Katherine L. Kidder, Nelson Lim
Will to Fight: Returning to the Human Fundamentals of War

Ben Connable, Michael J. McNerney, William Marcellino, Aaron Frank, Henry Hargrove, Marek N. Posard, S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Natasha Lander, Jasen J. Castillo, James Sladden, et al.

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