Author: Peter Chalk William Rosenau
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: confronting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035134
ISBN-13: 9780833035134

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, critics have charged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), while qualified to investigate terrorist incidents after the fact, is not well equipped to adequately gather and assess information to prevent attacks. More intrinsically, many believe that, given a predominant and deeply rooted law enforcement and prosecutorial culture, the bureau may not be able

Authors:Lisa S. Meredith, Terri Tanielian, Michael D. Gre
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: evaluation, tricare, demonstration, counselors, health, access, mental, expanding
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 083303765X
ISBN-13: 9780833037657

TRICARE, the program through which military health system beneficiaries access health care services, provides coverage for most medically necessary mental health care delivered by qualified providers. Federal legislation in 2001 required the Department of Defense to conduct a demonstration project involving expanded access under TRICARE to a particular type of mental health service provider

Authors:James Hosek, Michael Mattock, C. Christine Fair,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technology, personnel, information, competes, military, attracting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035509
ISBN-13: 9780833035509

During the 1990s, the burgeoning private-sector demand for information technology (IT) workers, escalating private-sector pay in IT, growing military dependence on IT, and faltering military recruiting led to a concern that the military capability was vulnerable to a large shortfall in IT personnel. What basis, if any, offered assurance that the supply of IT personnel would be adequate to meet the military’s future IT manpower requirements? The authors conducted a literature review, field interviews, and data analysis and used a dynamic model that, taken together, compose an integrative

Authors:Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Hea
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: something, old, new, education, teacher, reforming
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039822
ISBN-13: 9780833039828

Teacher education has been subject to both scathing criticism and innumerable efforts designed to reform it or to save it from being dismantled. One of the latest and most well funded efforts aimed at teacher education reform is boldly titled Teachers for a New Era (TNE). Eleven colleges and universities of various types nationwide were selected to participate in TNE. The TNE initiative emphasizes evidence-based decisionmaking, close collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty, and teaching as an academically taught clinical-practice profession. The RAND Corporation and the M

Authors:Richard S. Marken, William W. Taylor, John A. Aus
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: role, advanced, simulator, pilots, fighter, developing, qualified, absorbing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833041541
ISBN-13: 9780833041548

What does an individual need to be considered an experienced fighter pilot? The current formal definition is based on how many flying hours a person has, but in practice, the question is more complex and sometimes subjective because an individual requires different kinds of experience for combat positions and staff positions. The authors surveyed training experts to discover practical bases for judgments about the experience needed for different jobs. For flying positions, they found that time in advanced simulators is now also considered to be an important component of experience. Upgrade lev

Author: James N. Dertouzos Steven Garber
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: analyses, policy, options, recruiting, army, resource, management, human
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833040049
ISBN-13: 9780833040046

U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is faced with the challenge of ensuring that the flow of qualified volunteers is adequate to meet future active-duty accession requirements. This report documents research methods, findings, and policy conclusions from a project analyzing human resource management options for improving recruiting production. It details research designed to develop new insights to help guide future recruiter management policies. The research involves econometric analyses of three large and rich datasets. The first analysis compares the career paths of enlisted personnel, in

Authors:Harry J. Thie, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Adam C. Resn
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: study, military, surgical, technologists, case, personnel, interoperability, among, enlisted, medical, enhancing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046241
ISBN-13: 9780833046246

One way to enhance the interoperability of medical service personnel is by training service specialists to a common standard. A methodology is outlined for defining a common standard of practice (SOP) that can be applied to any enlisted medical specialty with the goal of consolidating training for enlisted military personnel across the services. The methodology involves three analytic tasks: Define a common SOP for the specialty, validate it through reviews by military and civilian subject matter experts, and identify a set of training options that will result in the required number of special