The RAND School of Public Policy (formerly the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School) is a privategraduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND.[3]
The school was founded in 1970 as the RAND Graduate Institute (RGI).[4] The name of the school has been changed twice. In 1987, RGI became the RAND Graduate School. In 2004, the school's name was changed to honor the contributions of Frederick S. Pardee, a former RAND researcher and philanthropist.[5]Charles Wolf Jr. served as founding dean from 1970 to 1997 and remained a professor at the school until his death in 2016.
In 2013, the RAND School launched the Pardee Initiative for Global Human Progress[6] focusing on international development. The John and Carol Cazier Environmental and Energy Sustainability Initiative[7] was started in 2014. The RAND School has developed partnerships with UCLA.
RAND graduate students voted to unionize in 2023, and have been bargaining a contract since then.[8][9] Following approval to offer the Master of Technology Policy and to offer all programs on the Washington campus, the school was renamed to the RAND School of Public Policy.[10]
Academics
The RAND School of Public Policy offers the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in policy analysis. The Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree is awarded to students after two years of coursework and partial completion of the Ph.D. requirements. The first doctorate was awarded in 1974. As of August 2018, the RAND School has awarded 400 Ph.D. degrees and is the largest policy Ph.D. program in the United States.
The curriculum includes courses in economics, statistics, operations research, political science, and the behavioral and social sciences. Public policy courses focus on issues such as social determinants of health, education, civil and criminal justice, national security, population and demographics, and international development.
On-the-job training
RAND graduate students gain practical experience and earn their fellowships through on-the-job training as members of RAND's interdisciplinary research teams, initially as apprentices and later in roles of increasing responsibility and independence. Students can apply to work on current projects with clients in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.[11] RAND's research areas include children and families, education and the arts, energy and environment, health and health care, infrastructure and transportation, international affairs, law and business, national security, population and aging, public safety, science and technology, and terrorism and homeland security.[12]
RAND argued in 2023 that students aren't employees under the National Labor Relations Act. However, they also argued that students were indistinguishable from other employees. The National Labor Relations Board disagreed with both arguments, stating that "Students have significant functional integration with the Employer’s research staff... students actively contribute to the research that underlies the Employer’s analysis and the presentation of this analysis to clients."[13]
Accreditation
The RAND School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school received its first accreditation in 1975 and was reaccredited in 2021 for 10 years (until 2030).[14]
Tatiana Andreyeva - Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of economic initiatives at the University of Connecticut Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health [15]
Yilmaz Arguden – Founder and chair, ARGE Consulting; founder, Argüden Governance Academy
Bruce Bennett - International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and noted authority on North Korea.[16]
Richard Fallon – Former Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, RAND Corporation[20]
Myong-Hyun Go - Senior Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, Korea. Adjunct Professor at the Korea University School of Cybersecurity.[21]
Xiaoyan (Shawn) Li, group director, Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb[24]
Elizabeth McGlynn - Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Research and Executive Director Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research (CESR):[25]
Jeffrey Peterson – Chair for the Study of Officership, Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic, United States Military Academy.[29]
Samantha Ravitch - Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and its Transformative Cyber Innovation Law, National Security Institute, George Mason University.[30]
Jack Riley -Vice president and director, Homeland Security Research Division (HSRD) RAND Corporation.[31]
Anna-Marie Vilamovska – Former Secretary for Innovation Policy, Republic of Bulgaria. Awarded the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding contributions to the development of Polish-Bulgarian cooperation.[35]
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