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Research Brief
Aligning Education and Training to Meet Energy Workforce Needs
Energy-sector employers in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania report having difficulty filling semiskilled jobs. And the sector's technology is changing quickly. How can the region's leaders improve the workforce-development pipeline?
Aug 31, 2015
Report
Energy-Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia
The production of natural gas and gas liquids from shale in West Virginia has increased demand for workers. Ten action items can help the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia and other stakeholders support a well-aligned and coherent workforce-development pipeline.
Aug 31, 2015
Blog
Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm
This weekend marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. As the region struggled to cope and rebuild after the storm, RAND experts worked on solutions to the region's long-term challenges.
Aug 27, 2015
News Release
Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success
A program intended to boost student achievement by providing teachers two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing early signs of success.
Aug 11, 2015
Report
Teacher Development Program Shows Early Signs of Success
A program that provides middle-career teachers with two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing promising results on student achievement. Also, program participants are mentoring other teachers.
Aug 11, 2015
Journal Article
Roles of Prices, Poverty, and Health in Medicare and Private Spending in Texas
Variation in private spending reflects the ability of the local population to pay for healthcare, whereas variation in Medicare is more driven by health status.
Jul 7, 2015
Report
The Impact of Adopting Time-of-Day Tolling: Case Study of 183A in Austin, Texas
This study evaluates the traffic and revenue impacts of moving from a fixed toll rate on the 183A Turnpike in Texas to a toll structure that varies by time of day.
Jun 18, 2015
Research Brief
Planning for Higher Education Programs: Effectively Using Data and Modeling to Understand Workforce Needs
Workforce data sources provide valuable information, though no source should be used on its own. The information should be used to manage new and ongoing degree programs and for periodic strategic planning.
Apr 23, 2015
Journal Article
A Spatiotemporal Quantile Regression Model for Emergency Department Expenditures
The authors develop a spatiotemporal quantile regression model for the analysis of emergency department-related medical expenditures.
Mar 24, 2015
Journal Article
Where You Live Matters: Quality and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Schizophrenia Care in Four State Medicaid Programs
Care for Schizophrenia: it matters where you live.
Mar 19, 2015
Journal Article
Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Mental Health Services Research
State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.
Feb 26, 2015
Announcement
New Research Consortium to Tackle Community Resilience in the Gulf Region
A new research group, the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, will assess and address the public health, social, and economic impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico region. It will focus on determining how communities can build resilience to future disasters.
Feb 17, 2015
Report
Using Workforce Information for Degree Program Planning in Texas
This report describes current practices in using workforce information for degree program planning, analyzes options for using workforce information, recommends promising practices, describes new data tools, and applies these tools.
Feb 11, 2015
Journal Article
Medicare and Private Spending Trends from 2008 to 2012 Diverge in Texas
The authors analyze 2008-2012 trends in Texas among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries and enrollees in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX).
Jan 13, 2015
Journal Article
The Role of Gender in Moderating Treatment Outcomein Collaborative Care for Anxiety
The aim of this study was to test whether gender moderates intervention effects in the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) intervention.
Dec 31, 2014
Journal Article
What to Make of Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions, and College Outcomes
Attending a selective college is seen as a way for students to gain access to opportunities that are otherwise difficult to obtain. The Texas Top Ten Percent Plan is intended to increase this access, especially for students in underserved populations, but research shows that gaps still exist in selective college attendance and completion by race and socioeconomic status.
Dec 8, 2014
News Release
Making It More Difficult to Sue Physicians for Malpractice May Not Reduce 'Defensive Medicine'
Malpractice reform has been advocated by many experts as a key to reining in health care costs. Three states raised the standard for malpractice in the emergency room to gross negligence, but that did not translate into less-expensive care.
Oct 15, 2014
Commentary
Using Education to Stop the Prison Revolving Door
Providing education and vocational training to inmates is a cost-effective way to reduce recidivism rates, thus shrinking prison populations and easing the strain on prison budgets. Education is far less expensive than incarceration.
Sep 30, 2014
Dissertation
Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States
Examines California's state education accountability reform and comprehensive reform to improve teacher and principal talent in high-poverty, low-performing schools.
Sep 29, 2014
Report
Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas
Considers 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

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