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Commentary

Sep 22, 2025

Making It in the Middle Class: Q&A with Melanie Zaber

RAND's Melanie Zaber studies everything from the rise of AI to apprenticeship programs in rural Appalachia. Her goal is straightforward: to help more Americans find meaningful work and a path to the middle class.
Research

Aug 20, 2025

Organizational Assessment of the Los Angeles Police Department

In this report, the authors make more than 50 recommendations to the Los Angeles Police Department to help the Department improve staffing levels, the complaint and discipline system, and morale and simplify its organizational structure.
Commentary

Aug 8, 2025

Leading States Offer a Roadmap to Jobs of the Future

It's hard to plan for jobs of the future that promise to be vastly different. But the future is rapidly approaching in advanced manufacturing. How can state governments, education and training organizations, and employers start to collaborate now to create these new jobs?
Commentary

Aug 1, 2025

This Digital Skills Training Tripled Job Rates. Why Didn't It Survive?

One-third of U.S. workers lack basic digital skills needed to succeed in the modern labor force. Training boosts confidence, job rates, and earnings, but access and funding for such programs remain major barriers.
Research

Apr 30, 2025

Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Researchers propose how the National Disaster and Emergency Management University could develop a research office. They identified decision points, options, and considerations for the process of developing this office and ensuring positive impact.
Article

Apr 23, 2025

Apprentices Needed: Construction Shortages Threaten American Growth

U.S. plans for new factories, new tech hubs—even new homes—are about to crash into one very inconvenient fact. Not enough people work in construction to turn those plans into actual, hammer-and-nail reality. Not even close.
Press

Apr 2, 2025

WVU, RAND Research Partnership Launches with Initial Focus on Workforce Needs

RAND is partnering with West Virginia University to support policymaking that helps develop an agile, future-ready labor pool. This effort will turn world-class research into practical solutions for evolving job markets, focusing on workforce development and education.
Research

Dec 18, 2024

Mentorship Efforts Within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Incident Workforce

The authors examine mentorship efforts across the Federal Emergency Management Agency's incident workforce and provide recommendations for addressing requirements, gaps, and challenges.
Research

Oct 24, 2024

The Role, Effectiveness, and Sustainability of Nonprofit Organizations That Provide Employment Support for Veterans

The authors describe the landscape for nonprofits that provide employment support to veterans, propose a framework for measuring the nonprofits' effectiveness, and consider how public-private partnerships might support the veteran employment mission.
Commentary

Jul 23, 2024

Young People in the UK Need a Future. Can It Be Guaranteed?

As the new Labour government takes its first steps in power, it is a good time to explore what might be learned from youth employment initiatives both within the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Commentary

May 9, 2024

Scaling Statewide Credit for Industry Credentials: Lessons Learned from Ohio

For decades, community colleges and universities have awarded credit for learning that takes place outside of the classroom. Lessons from Ohio offer a roadmap as states scale programs that give college credit for industry credentials.
Research

Apr 16, 2024

The Employment Effects of the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship for Military Spouses: An Analysis of the 2011 Cohort

Researchers evaluated the Department of Defense’s Office of Military Community and Family Policy’s My Career Advancement Account Scholarship program and found that it increased spouse employment over a seven-year window since the program began.

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