Occupational Training

Report

Finding the Balance Between Schoolhouse and On-the-Job Training

A cost-benefit analysis conducted for the US Air Force helped to determine the most cost-effective combination of initial skills training (IST) and on-the-job training (OJT), taking into consideration how productivity changes when IST course length changes.

Report

The Future at Work — Trends and Implications

What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? RAND analyzes trends in and the implications of shifting demographic patterns, the pace of technological change, and the path of economic globalization.

Journal Article

Emerging Policy for Vocational Learning in England: Will It Lead to a Better System?

This report analyses recent policy initiatives in England relating to vocational learning, and compares them with policies in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Journal Article

Outcomes and Processes in Vocational Learning: A Review of the Literature

This report critically reviews a range of evidence on different vocational learning programmes, their purposes and outcomes, and the learning processes involved.

Research Brief

Improving the Quality of DoD's Civilian Workforce: Guidance for the Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development

Among the recommendations is that the Chancellor's office focus on becoming the DoD educational information center in the near term while seeking, over the medium term, to develop a role in the program approval process.

Journal Article

Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments

Report

Accountability in Workforce Training

In this issue paper, the authors argue that current congressional proposals to change federal workforce training programs may undermine this purpose because they pay little attention to accountability.

Report

Federal Support for Training Foreign Language and Area Specialists: The Education and Careers of FLAS Fellowship Recipients

Examines training and careers of individuals who received support through the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program, and profiles their training, employment history, and on-the-job use of language and area skills.

People

Richard H. Donohue

Policy Researcher; Director, RAND Center for Quality Policing
Education Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; M.A. in criminal justice, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; M.A. in international tourism, University of Limerick; B.A. in history, Virginia Military Institute

People

Sean Robson

Senior Behavioral/Social Scientist
Education Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology, University of Tulsa; B.S. in psychology, James Madison University