RAND School of Public Policy
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The Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica is renowned as the nation's largest public policy doctoral program and the only one embedded directly within a premier global think tank, the RAND Corporation. Its rigorous curriculum emphasizes quantitative policy analysis, economics, and interdisciplinary problem-solving to address complex issues ranging from global security to public health. Student life functions much like a professional apprenticeship, fostering a collaborative, work-focused environment where candidates collaborate directly with senior RAND researchers on real-world, client-funded projects. This unique hands-on training model sets the school apart by allowing students to gain extensive practical research experience while earning full-tuition fellowships and stipends.
Wikipedia:The RAND School of Public Policy is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California and Arlington, Virginia. 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.
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