Rand imprint: 375 books
RAND in Southeast Asia
A History of the Vietnam War Era
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
This volume chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. officials and policies. Elliott draws on interviews with former RAND staff and the many studies...
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military
Volume 4. Investigations of Potential Bias in Estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential...
The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards from...
by Austin Long
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002
The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to conduct...
RAND Review
Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter 2012-2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Feature stories discuss the promotion of tolerance and critical thinking in the Arab world through children's media, the challenges faced by the United States in an era of fiscal austerity, and promising models for measuring teacher performance. Two other stories highlight the National Science Foundation's...
by Matt Bassford, Hans Pung, Nigel Edgington
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board commissioned RAND Europe to assist in the development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector. RAND focused on the health and sustainment of key skills in the sector's industrial base. This monograph...
by Mark W. Friedberg, Peggy G. Chen, Kristin R. Van Busum
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
The American Medical Association asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that affect physician professional satisfaction. RAND researchers sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction by gathering data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination...
Reading for Understanding
Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2002
In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve thequality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND ReadingStudy Group (RRSG) was charged with developing a research framework toaddress the...
by RAND Mathematics Study Panel, Deborah Loewenberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
A clear need exists for substantial improvement in mathematics proficiency in U.S. schools. The RAND Mathematics Study Panel was convened to inform the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement on ways to improve the quality and usability of education research and...
by Michael D. Rich, Charles Jr. Wolf, John Godges
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The cover story focuses on nine key issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election--income inequality, health care costs, immigration reform, energy options, education, al Qaeda, Iraq, democratization in the Middle East, and China--while other stories cover the California court system, calorie counting,...
Counterinsurgency Scorecard
Afghanistan in Early 2011 Relative to the Insurgencies of the Past 30 Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
A core finding of previous RAND research on 30 years of insurgencies worldwide was that a conflict's overall score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 12 equally weighted bad counterinsurgency factors and practices perfectly predicted the ultimate outcome. Using the scorecard approach and...
Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners. An example of such a novel threat is the use of cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by terrorist groups. Individual threats cannot be assessed...
Invisible Wounds of War
Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Since October 2001, approximately 1.64 million U.S. troops have been deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) in Afghanistan and Iraq. Early evidence suggests that the psychological toll of these deployments many involving prolonged exposure to combat-related stress over...
The Adoption of New Smart-Grid Technologies
Incentives, Outcomes, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
RAND Corporation researchers review the current technical, regulatory, and economic context of the electricity market and theoretical benefits of developing a smart grid; discuss some entrepreneurial opportunities associated with smart-grid data; examine empirical evidence related to smart-grid adoption and implementation; and offer policy suggestions for overcoming identified barriers.