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Report
Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas: Executive Summary
Summarizes a report on the potential benefits and drawbacks of expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs in Texas, including current unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and several applied sciences occupations.
Aug 28, 2014
Report
Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment
This report documents an assessment of a predictive policing effort that was conducted to evaluate the crime reduction effects of policing guided by statistical predictions.
Jul 1, 2014
Journal Article
Effectiveness of Cognitive Tutor Algebra I at Scale
This article examines the effectiveness of a technology-based algebra curriculum in a wide variety of middle schools and high schools in seven states.
Jun 1, 2014
Infographic
Infographic: How Arkansas May Fare Under the Affordable Care Act
This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of the Affordable Care Act on the state of Arkansas.
May 21, 2014
Research Brief
How RAND Supported the Development of Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan
To plan the rebuilding of the Louisiana coastline, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority used a new analytic approach, developed in part by RAND, that incorporates results from state-of-the-art predictive models within a decision tool to formulate and compare alternatives and visualize outcomes and trade-offs for policymakers and stakeholders.
Mar 18, 2014
News Release
Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge
Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future.
Feb 21, 2014
Report
Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge
Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future. For example, a community weighing whether to implement a marsh-building project can see how the project fares against different rates of rising sea levels over time.
Feb 19, 2014
Research Brief
Will the Affordable Care Act Make Health Care More Affordable?
For most lower-income people who obtain coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, health care spending will fall. But spending by some newly insured higher-income people will increase because they will be now paying insurance premiums.
Dec 11, 2013
Project
Increasing Community Resilience in the Gulf States Region
Community resilience requires participation from the whole community to improve response and recovery, and to plan for disaster recovery over the long term. This is a lesson that the U.S. Gulf States have learned in the last decade, and their experiences are helping teach other communities across the nation how to become more resilient.
Nov 8, 2013
Journal Article
A Prescription Is Not Enough: Improving Public Health with Health Literacy
This article focuses on the use—and the lack of use—of health literacy within efforts to address public health in the United States.
Nov 1, 2013
News Release
Affordable Care Act Will Reduce Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending for Many Americans
The Affordable Care Act will have a varied impact on health spending by individuals and families, depending primarily on their income and whether they would have been uninsured in 2016 without the program.
Oct 1, 2013
Report
Affordable Care Act Will Reduce Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending for Many Americans
The Affordable Care Act will have a varied impact on health spending by individuals and families, depending primarily on their income and whether they would have been uninsured in 2016 without the program.
Oct 1, 2013
Dissertation
Improving Flood Risk Estimates and Mitigation Policies in Coastal Louisiana under Deep Uncertainty
This dissertation consists of three essays that summarize the author's contributions to the study of flood risk in coastal Louisiana during and following its 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, an action-oriented plan consisting of over one hundred projects designed to minimize future land loss and flood risk while simultaneously considering negative impacts on fisheries and other ecosystem services.
Sep 9, 2013
Journal Article
Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities – Los Angeles and New Orleans
Known difficulties in preparing communities for disasters and a lack of focus on relationship building and organizational capacity in preparedness and response have led to a greater policy focus on community resiliency as a key public health approach to disaster response.
Sep 1, 2013
Report
Evaluating the Caruth Police Institute in Dallas
The Caruth Police Institute (CPI) has been an important vehicle for enhancing leadership skills of mid- and high-level Dallas Police Department officers and creating a more professional police force, according to a RAND evaluation.
Aug 28, 2013
Journal Article
Coastal Louisiana Risk Assessment Model Helps Estimate Surge-Based Flood Risk
The Coastal Louisiana Risk Assessment model (CLARA) facilitates comparisons of current and future flood risk under a variety of protection system configurations in a wide range of environmental, operational, and economic uncertainties.
Aug 1, 2013
Journal Article
Six Districts Begin the Principal Pipeline Initiative
This first report describes the initial plans for initiative implementation in the six participating school districts and the first steps taken toward implementation in the first year after grant award in August 2011.
Jul 1, 2013
Solution
Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change
The vulnerability of coastal residents to loss of life and property damage from storm-surge flooding has already proven extensive in recent years. RAND has helped policymakers determine what mix of hurricane risk reduction and coastal restoration projects can reduce hurricane damage risk and rebuild coastal land, recognizing budget constraints.
Jun 10, 2013
Commentary
Moore Must Be Ready for Psychological Aftermath
Ensuring the availability of needed mental health resources was critical in the immediate aftermath and recovery phase of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado. Authorities in Oklahoma must ensure that such services are in place early so that Moore's residents can begin the long journey to recovery.
May 31, 2013
Blog
Resources for Schools and Parents Following the Deadly Oklahoma Tornado
The toll of the tornado on school students in Moore, Oklahoma, cannot be overstated. To assist with recovery, RAND's CBITS program offers resources on psychological first aid for schools, as well as additional materials for educators and parents.
May 29, 2013

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