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The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, [ 1 ] research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND Corporation engages in research and development (R&D) in a number of fields and industries. Since the 1950s, RAND research has helped inform United States policy decisions on a wide variety of issues ...
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. As a nonpartisan organization, RAND is widely respected for operating independent of political and commercial pressures. Our core values are quality and objectivity. We have earned our reputation for excellence and influence through our ...
- The Origins of Rand
- The Douglas Years
- An Independent Nonprofit Organization
- Rand's Early Contributions
World War II revealed the importance of technology research and development for success on the battlefield. It also drew attention to the wide range of scientists and academics outside the military who made such development possible. As the war drew to a close, it became clear that complete and permanent peace might not be assured. Forward-looking ...
By early 1948, Project RAND had grown to 200 staff. Its researchers had expertise in a wide range of fields, including mathematics, engineering, aerodynamics, physics, chemistry, economics, and psychology.
By late 1947, it seemed that Project RAND should consider separating from Douglas. (It was already operating fairly autonomously.) In February 1948, the chief of staff of the newly created U.S. Air Force wrote a letter to the president of Douglas that approved the evolution of Project RAND into an independent, nonprofit corporation. H. Rowan Gaithe...
Many highlights of RAND's early contributions were summarized in a 1996 book (PDF)commemorating the 50th anniversary of Project RAND. Historian David Jardini of Carnegie Mellon University compiled an exhaustive list of contributions by RAND in his 1996 doctoral dissertation. He examined RAND's early years and the broadening of the organization's re...
Jun 30, 2009 · The Soviets had good reason to worry about RAND. In 1957, the Air Force hired the think tank to create spy satellites. Within two years, it developed CORONA—a covert system that aimed to send ...
- The Mag
Sep 29, 2024 · Accessed 14 October 2024. RAND Corporation, nonpartisan think tank whose original focus was national security. It grew out of a research-and-development project (its name is a contraction of “research and development”) by Douglas Aircraft Co. for the Army Air Force in 1945. In 1948 it became a private nonprofit corporation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pardee RAND Graduate School. 2:1Faculty-Student Ratio. Faculty are drawn from among RAND's staff of ~1,140 research professionals. 54Years. Founded in 1970 as one of eight graduate programs created to train future leaders in public policy, the graduate school is the only one based at a public policy research organization. 400+Graduates.
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May 19, 2023 · RAND Europe Established Ten RAND researchers moved into offices at the Delft University of Technology. Then known as the European–American Centre for Policy Analysis (EAC), its aim was to create ...
