Study of Unhoused Veterans in Los Angeles Suggests Services Need to Be Tailored to Meet Population Needs and Preferences
A year-long study of a group of military veterans experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles found that few were able to obtain permanent housing over the course of the period, even though they lived near the region ' s major VA service center. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - November 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Francis Fukuyama, Noted Author and Philosopher, Returns to RAND Board of Trustees
Francis“Frank” Fukuyama, the noted author, philosopher, and political economist, is returning to the RAND Corporation Board of Trustees, where he first served from 2008 to 2015. Fukuyama was a member of RAND ' s Political Science Department during parts of the 1970s, ' 80s, and ' 90s, and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the nation ' s oldest and largest public policy Ph.D. program. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - November 5, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Hackathon Pairs HBCU Undergrads with Pardee RAND Graduate Students to Identify Ideas for More Equitable COVID-19 Recovery
Undergraduate students from Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College will work alongside Pardee RAND Graduate School students to seek ways to help vulnerable communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic during a virtual policy hackathon offered by the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and Pardee RAND Graduate School. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - October 27, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Longtime RAND President & CEO Michael D. Rich Announces Retirement
Rich announced he will retire in 2022 following a search for his successor. Rich became RAND ' s fifth president in 2011. He began his extraordinary RAND career as a summer intern in 1975 and went on to hold several senior leadership positions. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - October 25, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Erik Mobrand Named RAND Corporation's Korea Policy Chair
Erik Mobrand, a political scientist whose research focuses on political transformation in South Korea and Asia more broadly, has joined the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation as its Korea Policy Chair. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - October 8, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Surges in Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children Prompt Need for Better K – 12 Policies
491,000 children from Mexico and the Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador) arrived in the United States between fiscal years 2017 and 2019 and remained with unresolved immigration statuses. Of these, 321,000 were enrolled in U.S. K–12 public schools as of March 2020. About 75% settled in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - September 30, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Appoints James S. Chow Vice President and Director of RAND Project AIR FORCE
Longtime defense analyst and aerospace engineer James S.“Jim” Chow has been appointed vice president and director of RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF), a federally funded research and development center run by the RAND Corporation. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - September 27, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Stronger Leadership Action in L.A. Sheriff's Department Needed to Curb Influence of Problematic Subgroups, Address Community Concerns
Leadership of the Los Angeles County Sheriff ' s Department can best discourage involvement in deputy subgroups by clarifying current policy language to prohibit subgroups, and by delivering strong and consistent messages to its staff opposing membership in the groups and related banned conduct. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - September 10, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Linking U.S. Prescription Drug Prices to Those in Other Nations Could Cut Costs in Half
Linking the cost of prescription drugs in the United States to the prices paid in other high-income nations could have reduced American spending for the drugs by at least half in 2020. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - September 10, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Republicans May Be Less Likely to Make Use of Federal Subsidies When Buying Individual Health Insurance Policies
Republicans who buy individual health plans may be less likely to shop through marketplaces created under the federal Affordable Care Act, leading to them to forgo subsidies provided by the federal government. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - September 8, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Early COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign in the United States Prevented Nearly 140,000 Deaths
The early COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States prevented nearly 140,000 deaths and 3 million cases of COVID-19 by the second week of May. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - August 18, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Parents Remain Concerned About Safety of In-Person Instruction
A gap remains between white parents and Black and Hispanic parents in their preferences for in-person schooling, but it has narrowed since May. The RAND Corporation survey, funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, details parents ' responses concerning school hesitancy and preferences for COVID-19 safety practices in U.S. schools in fall 2021. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - August 18, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Nancy Staudt Named Dean of Pardee RAND Graduate School
Nancy Staudt, dean of the School of Law at Washington University, will join the RAND Corporation as the Frank and Marcia Carlucci Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Vice President of Innovation at RAND. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - August 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Lack of Diversity in U.S. Coast Guard Greater in Higher Ranks; Comprehensive and Sustained Changes Recommended to Improve
Women and racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented at all levels of the United States Coast Guard—especially in higher ranks and among senior leadership—and comprehensive changes across the organization are needed to improve diversity rates among all ranks. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - August 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Former House Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry Joins RAND as Senior Fellow
Former Rep. Mac Thornberry, who served 26 years in Congress, has joined the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation as an adjunct senior fellow. During his time in Congress, Thornberry was chair of the House Armed Services Committee and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (Source: RAND)
Source: RAND - August 9, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
