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==Overview==
==Overview==


RAND has approximately 1,850 employees. Its American locations include: [[Santa Monica, California]] (headquarters); [[Arlington, Virginia]]; [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]; and [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="RANDloc-usa">{{cite web|title=RAND Locations|url=https://www.rand.org/about/locations.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228031048/http://www.rand.org/about/locations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The RAND Gulf States Policy Institute has an office in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. RAND Europe is located in [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom]]; [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]; and [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref name="RANDEurope">{{cite web|title=RAND Europe Contact Information|url=https://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/contact.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119235757/http://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/contact.html|url-status=live}}</ref> RAND Australia is located in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]].<ref name="RANDAussie">{{cite web|title=RAND Locations: Canberra Office|url=https://www.rand.org/about/locations/canberra.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232426/https://www.rand.org/about/locations/canberra.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
RAND has approximately 1,850 employees. Its American locations include: [[Santa Monica, California]] (headquarters); [[Arlington, Virginia]]; [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]; and Boston, [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="RANDloc-usa">{{cite web|title=RAND Locations|url=https://www.rand.org/about/locations.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228031048/http://www.rand.org/about/locations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The RAND Gulf States Policy Institute has an office in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. RAND Europe is located in [[Cambridge]], United Kingdom; [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]; and [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref name="RANDEurope">{{cite web|title=RAND Europe Contact Information|url=https://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/contact.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119235757/http://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/contact.html|url-status=live}}</ref> RAND Australia is located in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]].<ref name="RANDAussie">{{cite web|title=RAND Locations: Canberra Office|url=https://www.rand.org/about/locations/canberra.html|website=RAND Corp|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232426/https://www.rand.org/about/locations/canberra.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


RAND is home to the [[Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School]], one of eight original graduate programs in [[public policy]] and the first to offer a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]. The program aims to provide practical experience for students, who work with RAND analysts on addressing real-world problems. The campus is at RAND's Santa Monica research facility. The Pardee RAND School is the world's largest PhD-granting program in policy analysis.<ref name=PardeeRAND>{{cite web|title=Pardee RAND History|url=http://www.prgs.edu/about/at-a-glance.html|website=Pardee RAND Graduate School|access-date=21 February 2014|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130064143/http://www.prgs.edu/about/at-a-glance.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
RAND is home to the [[Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School]], one of eight original graduate programs in [[public policy]] and the first to offer a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]. The program aims to provide practical experience for students, who work with RAND analysts on addressing real-world problems. The campus is at RAND's Santa Monica research facility. The Pardee RAND School is the world's largest PhD-granting program in policy analysis.<ref name=PardeeRAND>{{cite web|title=Pardee RAND History|url=http://www.prgs.edu/about/at-a-glance.html|website=Pardee RAND Graduate School|access-date=21 February 2014|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130064143/http://www.prgs.edu/about/at-a-glance.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[Iraq War]]<ref name="real_men_of_genius_2008_09_21_washpost" /><ref name="occupation_plan_2008_06_29_nyimes">Gordon, Michael R.: [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/washington/29army.html "Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105743/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/washington/29army.html|date=24 November 2022}} June 29, 2008, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* [[Iraq War]]<ref name="real_men_of_genius_2008_09_21_washpost" /><ref name="occupation_plan_2008_06_29_nyimes">Gordon, Michael R.: [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/washington/29army.html "Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105743/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/washington/29army.html|date=24 November 2022}} June 29, 2008, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* [[National health insurance]]<ref name="the_real_health_issue_1974_06_25_nytimes">[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/25/archives/the-real-health-issue.html "The Real Health Issue,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105745/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/25/archives/the-real-health-issue.html|date=24 November 2022}} June 25, 1974, Page 36, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* [[National health insurance]]<ref name="the_real_health_issue_1974_06_25_nytimes">[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/25/archives/the-real-health-issue.html "The Real Health Issue,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105745/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/25/archives/the-real-health-issue.html|date=24 November 2022}} June 25, 1974, Page 36, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* [[Vietnam War]]<ref name="real_men_of_genius_2008_09_21_washpost">Heilbrunn, Jacob: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ "Real Men of Genius"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827104036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ |date=27 August 2017 }} (book review of ''Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corp and Rise of the American Empire'' by Alex Abella, 2008, Harcourt), September 21, 2008, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="the_insider_2001_07_22_washpost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ "The Insider"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827104036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ |date=27 August 2017 }} (book review of ''Wild Man'' -- biography of Daniel Ellsberg -- by Tom Wells, 2001, Palgrave), July 22, 2001, ''[[Washington Post]],''; also reviewed by Michael Young at [https://reason.com/2002/06/01/the-devil-and-daniel-ellsberg-2/ "The Devil and Daniel Ellsberg,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529052422/https://reason.com/2002/06/01/the-devil-and-daniel-ellsberg-2/ |date=29 May 2024 }} June 2000, ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="inside_job_2002_11_03_washpost">Kazin, Michael, reviewer: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2002/11/03/inside-job/d43bacd9-a949-440b-b90a-837e5bc92bd2/ "Inside Job"] (book review of ''Secrets'' -- autobiography of Daniel Ellsberg, 2002, Viking),  November 3, 2002, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="rand_in_southeast_asia_2010_rand_jstor">Elliot, Mai (Foreword by James A. Thomson, RAND president): [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/cp564rc ''RAND in Southeast Asia: A History of the Vietnam War Era,''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125113251/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/cp564rc|date=25 November 2022}} 2010, RAND Corporation / [[Cambridge University Press]], {{ISBN|978-0-8330-4754-0}}; reviewed by James M. Carter at [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/mai-elliott-rand-in-southeast-asia-a-history-of-the-vietnam-war-era-santa-monica-ca-rand-corporation-2010-2867-pp-694-isbn978-0-8330-4754-0/164EB18B0B5C8E677E6613BA6A1118FF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125113305/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/mai-elliott-rand-in-southeast-asia-a-history-of-the-vietnam-war-era-santa-monica-ca-rand-corporation-2010-2867-pp-694-isbn978-0-8330-4754-0/164EB18B0B5C8E677E6613BA6A1118FF|date=25 November 2022}} August 2011, ''[[Journal of American Studies]],''  Volume 45, Issue 3, pp. 631 - 633, reproduced at [[Cambridge University]]. Retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* Vietnam War<ref name="real_men_of_genius_2008_09_21_washpost">Heilbrunn, Jacob: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ "Real Men of Genius"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827104036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ |date=27 August 2017 }} (book review of ''Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corp and Rise of the American Empire'' by Alex Abella, 2008, Harcourt), September 21, 2008, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="the_insider_2001_07_22_washpost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ "The Insider"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827104036/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2001/07/22/the-insider/3c7f182c-3ea2-4beb-8127-0fb574388ffb/ |date=27 August 2017 }} (book review of ''Wild Man'' -- biography of Daniel Ellsberg -- by Tom Wells, 2001, Palgrave), July 22, 2001, ''[[Washington Post]],''; also reviewed by Michael Young at [https://reason.com/2002/06/01/the-devil-and-daniel-ellsberg-2/ "The Devil and Daniel Ellsberg,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529052422/https://reason.com/2002/06/01/the-devil-and-daniel-ellsberg-2/ |date=29 May 2024 }} June 2000, ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="inside_job_2002_11_03_washpost">Kazin, Michael, reviewer: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2002/11/03/inside-job/d43bacd9-a949-440b-b90a-837e5bc92bd2/ "Inside Job"] (book review of ''Secrets'' -- autobiography of Daniel Ellsberg, 2002, Viking),  November 3, 2002, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="rand_in_southeast_asia_2010_rand_jstor">Elliot, Mai (Foreword by James A. Thomson, RAND president): [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/cp564rc ''RAND in Southeast Asia: A History of the Vietnam War Era,''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125113251/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/cp564rc|date=25 November 2022}} 2010, RAND Corporation / [[Cambridge University Press]], {{ISBN|978-0-8330-4754-0}}; reviewed by James M. Carter at [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/mai-elliott-rand-in-southeast-asia-a-history-of-the-vietnam-war-era-santa-monica-ca-rand-corporation-2010-2867-pp-694-isbn978-0-8330-4754-0/164EB18B0B5C8E677E6613BA6A1118FF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125113305/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/mai-elliott-rand-in-southeast-asia-a-history-of-the-vietnam-war-era-santa-monica-ca-rand-corporation-2010-2867-pp-694-isbn978-0-8330-4754-0/164EB18B0B5C8E677E6613BA6A1118FF|date=25 November 2022}} August 2011, ''[[Journal of American Studies]],''  Volume 45, Issue 3, pp. 631 - 633, reproduced at [[Cambridge University]]. Retrieved November 24, 2022</ref>
* [[Transparency in government]]<ref name="federal_warrant_1971_06_26_nytimes">Naughton, James M.: [https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/26/archives/arguments-to-be-heard-today-federal-warrant-is-issued-for-the.html "Federal Warrant Is Issued For the Arrest of Ellsberg,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105743/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/26/archives/arguments-to-be-heard-today-federal-warrant-is-issued-for-the.html |date=24 November 2022 }} June 26, 1971, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="the_insider_2001_07_22_washpost" /><ref name="inside_job_2002_11_03_washpost" />
* [[Transparency in government]]<ref name="federal_warrant_1971_06_26_nytimes">Naughton, James M.: [https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/26/archives/arguments-to-be-heard-today-federal-warrant-is-issued-for-the.html "Federal Warrant Is Issued For the Arrest of Ellsberg,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124105743/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/26/archives/arguments-to-be-heard-today-federal-warrant-is-issued-for-the.html |date=24 November 2022 }} June 26, 1971, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved November 24, 2022</ref><ref name="the_insider_2001_07_22_washpost" /><ref name="inside_job_2002_11_03_washpost" />


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* [[Leo Rosten]]: academic and humorist, helped set up the social sciences division of RAND<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJXu7kMSc44C&q=%22leo+rosten%22+%22rand%22&pg=PA69 |title=The Wizards of Armageddon - Fred M. Kaplan - Google Boeken |date=August 1991 |isbn=978-0-8047-1884-4 |access-date=14 June 2013 |last1=Kaplan |first1=Fred |publisher=Stanford University Press |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529051904/https://books.google.com/books?id=yJXu7kMSc44C&q=%22leo+rosten%22+%22rand%22&pg=PA69 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Leo Rosten]]: academic and humorist, helped set up the social sciences division of RAND<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJXu7kMSc44C&q=%22leo+rosten%22+%22rand%22&pg=PA69 |title=The Wizards of Armageddon - Fred M. Kaplan - Google Boeken |date=August 1991 |isbn=978-0-8047-1884-4 |access-date=14 June 2013 |last1=Kaplan |first1=Fred |publisher=Stanford University Press |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529051904/https://books.google.com/books?id=yJXu7kMSc44C&q=%22leo+rosten%22+%22rand%22&pg=PA69 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Albert S. Ruddy]]: programmer trainee, Oscar-winning producer of ''[[The Godfather]]'' and ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''
* [[Albert S. Ruddy]]: programmer trainee, Oscar-winning producer of ''[[The Godfather]]'' and ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''
* [[Donald Rumsfeld]]: Chairman of board from 1981 to 1986; 1995–1996 and secretary of defense for the United States from 1975 to 1977 and 2001 to 2006.
* Donald Rumsfeld: Chairman of board from 1981 to 1986; 1995–1996 and secretary of defense for the United States from 1975 to 1977 and 2001 to 2006.
* [[Robert M. Salter]]: advocate of the [[vactrain]] [[maglev train]] concept
* [[Robert M. Salter]]: advocate of the [[vactrain]] [[maglev train]] concept
* [[Paul Samuelson]]: economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]
* [[Paul Samuelson]]: economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]
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