RAND Corporation

🏥 Healthcare

Apr 21, 2026

Dental Surgeries in Hospitals and Surgery Centers for Children With Developmental Disabilities

A Medicaid data analysis found that children with autism or intellectual disabilities receiving dental surgery at ambulatory surgery centers had shorter wait times, lower costs, and no increase in adverse outcomes compared to hospital settings

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Apr 21, 2026

The Patient Experience Divide

Using survey and narrative data from a national sample, this study found that low-income adults report significantly worse primary care experiences across multiple dimensions, including access, communication, and coordination of care

United States

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👥 Society

Apr 21, 2026

Examining the American Mindset on Community Well-Being

Using 2023 national survey data, this study found that community well-being perceptions are shaped more by access to resources and social trust than by individual well-being or demographics

United States

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📚 Education

Apr 18, 2026

Expanding School Counseling

We use panel-based estimators to show that California’s Supplemental School Counseling Program increased the number of counselors on staff and improved counselor to student ratios, but reduced average counselor experience

United States

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💻 Technology

Apr 17, 2026

Big questions: Artificial intelligence, automation, and governance

Who should control powerful AI systems, and what must be regulated to protect society?

Global

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🌍 Geopolitics

Apr 17, 2026

AI Implications for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Policy and Programs

Artificial intelligence is reshaping chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear deterrence, posing new risks and opportunities. This paper outlines a roadmap to guide research and policy on challenges amid rising global technological rivalry

Global

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📚 Education

Apr 15, 2026

College Credit for Industry Credentials

The authors of this report describe which individuals might benefit from credit for prior learning opportunities and identify useful outreach approaches that states and colleges might use to promote college credit for industry credentials

United States

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🌍 Geopolitics

Apr 15, 2026

Building the Knowledge and Skills the U.S. Air Force Needs for Strategic Competition with China

The authors assess how the U.S. Air Force develops and utilizes China-relevant expertise and identify systemic gaps that limit the service’s ability to build, sustain, and use the capabilities needed for long-term strategic competition with China

United States

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🏛️ Politics

Apr 14, 2026

Landelijke aansturing en coördinatie aanpak mensenhandel: Eindverslag van kennistafels

Study on national coordination of the Dutch approach to trafficking in human beings (THB), identifying governance bottlenecks and assessing the potential role of a National Coordinator in improving coherence, oversight and victim support

Netherlands

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💼 Business

Apr 14, 2026

Infinite Potential—Insights from the Business and Civil Society Scenario

This report describes a series of exercises run with the Business and Civil Society scenario on the Infinite Potential platform. Players took on roles as business and civil society leaders and tackled challenges arising from artificial intelligence

Global

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🌍 Geopolitics

Apr 12, 2026

RAND Research on Workforce and Force Development Innovation

This document offers a roadmap of how RAND Project AIR FORCE’s Workforce, Development, and Health program can continue to support the U.S. Space Force in its transformation to a warfighting force purpose-built to contest and control space

United States

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📚 Education

Apr 11, 2026

Improving Access to Out-of-School Time Opportunities in Allegheny County

The authors describe the landscape of out-of-school time opportunities in Allegheny County, identifying and mapping programs in the county so that funders and others can identify neighborhoods with few programs, high numbers of youth, and great need

United States

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