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Postsecondary Education

From community college courses to doctoral programs, postsecondary education encompasses all forms of schooling after completion of high school or its equivalent. RAND's research on postsecondary education programs and institutions throughout the world has been influential; research in Qatar, for instance, led to reform of the National University and a realignment of postsecondary education to societal needs.

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Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Five Case Study States

This study describes alignment among different math and language arts assessments administered to secondary and incoming first-year college students.

Jan 1, 2002
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Goal: To Double the Rate of Hispanics Earning a Bachelor’s Degree

The level of education Hispanics achieve will largely determine whether their role is commensurate with their demographic importance and whether they partake in the full benefits of living in the United States.

Jan 1, 2001
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An Assessment of Recent Proposals to Improve the Montgomery GI Bill

Congress recently has proposed several changes that would bolster the Montgomery GI Bill's provisions and hopefully boost recruitment during an era when youth are increasingly choosing college alone.

Jan 1, 2000
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The Governance of the City University of New York: A System at Odds with Itself

This report, commissioned by the Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the City University of New York (CUNY), examines CUNY's system of governance and concludes that it is dysfunctional from the top to the bottom.

Jan 1, 2000
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Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education: Summary Report

It discusses the major activities and accomplishments of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education (LSAHE)-supported programs; the impacts of LSAHE on students, communities, and institutions; and the returns on the public assessment in LSAHE.

Jan 1, 2000
Research Brief

The Montgomery G.I. Bill: Assessing Proposed Changes

Researchers found that while most proposed changes would improve overall recruiting, some could actuallycreate a recruiting problem by reducing the military's ability to channel high-quality recruits to hard-to-fill skill areas.

Jan 1, 2000
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Allocating Scholarships for Army ROTC

Based on these findings, the authors recommended and the Army implemented a high-value scholarship targeted to some prestigious private colleges. The study also analyzes several complete scholarship programs to replace the tiered scholarships.

Jan 1, 1999
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Attracting College-Bound Youth into the Military: Toward the Development of New Recruiting Policy Options

The authors suggest the Department of Defense should consider nontraditional policy options to enhance recruitment of college-bound youth.

Jan 1, 1999
Research Brief

Competing with College: Developing New Recruiting Options for the Military

Explore the factors underlying this increased interest in college, assess the effectiveness of current programs for combining military service and college, and outline potential approaches for increasing the attractiveness of military service to college-bound youth.

Jan 1, 1999
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Closing the Education Gap: Benefits and Costs

What are the costs and benefits of closing the gap in educational attainment between ethnic groups and non-Hispanic whites? This book explores the answer to this important question for the future of the nation.

Jan 1, 1999
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Breaking the Social Contract: The Fiscal Crisis in California Higher Education

The central finding of this report is that the present course of higher education in California -- in which student demand, tuition, and costs are rising much faster than public funding -- cannot be sustained.

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

Does It Pay to Attend an Elite Private College? Evidence on the Effects of Undergraduate College Quality on Graduate School Attendance

In this paper the authors analyze whether undergraduate college quality affects the likelihood that an individual attends graduate school.

Jan 1, 1998
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Untangling the Web: Applications of the Internet and Other Information Technologies to Higher Education

Analyzes the role of the emerging global information infrastructure in helping higher-education institutions to improve learning and teaching, improve the creation of learning materials, create communities, compete with new providers, and address policy/planning issues.

Jan 1, 1998
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How Immigrants Fare in U.S. Education

This study represents the first effort to systematically describe and analyze the educational experience and performance of immigrant students at all levels of schooling.

Jan 1, 1996
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Immigration and Higher Education: Institutional Responses to Changing Demographics

How and why have the nation's colleges and universities responded to a growing immigrant population on campus? This report addresses these questions.

Jan 1, 1996
Journal Article

Does It Pay to Attend an Elite Private College? Evidence from the Senior High School Class of 1980

Determine the payoff to attending colleges of different quality, in the context of a structural model of individual college choice.

Jan 1, 1996
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The Future of Public Undergraduate Education in California

As a result of the commitment, California has developed one of the largest most successful public postsecondary education sectors in the nation.

Jan 1, 1996
Research Brief

Revisiting California's Master Plan for Undergraduate Education

Looks at the forces affecting public demand for and supply of higher education and projects the state's ability to live up to the Master Plan's aims.

Jan 1, 1996
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Global Preparedness and Human Resources: College and Corporate Perspectives

Using replicated case studies of 16 corporate and 16 academic institutions, this research explored the ways in which U.S. corporations and institutions of higher education understand globalism and their perceptions of its human resource implications.::

Jan 1, 1994
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A Formative Assessment of the General Electric Foundation's College Bound Program

This evaluation provides information on the programs that were developed for the College Bound program.

Jan 1, 1994

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