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Assessing the Impact of and Needs for Navy Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Training
October 31, 2012
The Center for Information Dominance’s Center for Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (CLREC) plays a central role in training Department of the Navy personnel in the language skills and cultural knowledge required to effectively carry out their missions. CLREC turned to CNA to provide feasible options for providing feedback from customers after mission performance, instead of immediately after predeployment training (the current process).
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Strengthening Community Colleges’ Influence on Economic Mobility
October 1, 2009

This study describes pathways by which students can increase their earnings in a range of high-return fields, including transferring to a four-year college or completing a terminal associate’s degree or certificate. The authors used a unique database of detailed education and employment histories of 84,000 Florida students who reached the twelfth grade in 2000.

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Pathways to Boosting the Earnings of Low-Income Students by Increasing Their Educational Attainment
January 1, 2009

This study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks to identify education pathways to high-paying careers and the extent to which economic mobility is contingent upon students’ educational preparation and performance. This study uses comprehensive data on high school, postsecondary, and workforce experiences of every grade 9 student in Florida public schools in 1996.

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Eighth Annual Navy Workforce Research and Analysis Conference: Leading the Change: The Research Community in Navy's Strategic Vanguard
January 1, 2009

The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training, & Education (N1)) for the eighth year, asked CNA to organize a conference for the Navy manpower and training community leadership and the research organizations that support that community. The goal of the conference was to help researchers better leverage their resources, provide more useful products, and improve the overall research program. The theme for the Eighth Annual Navy Workforce Research and Analysis Conference held in May 2008, was “Leading the Change: The Research Community in the Navy’s Strategic Vanguard.” Ms. Anita Blair, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (M&RA), Acting, RADM William E. Landay III, Chief of Naval Research, and VADM Mark E. Ferguson III, Chief of Naval Personnel began with plenary sessions. Ms. Blair presented the DoN Human Capital Strategy’s vision and strategic objective. RADM Landay delivered the keynote presentation, which focused on the Office of Naval Research (ONR) science and technology work. VADM Ferguson presented “The Role of Research and Analysis in Achieving FIT”, a total force concept for delivering the right Sailor to the right job. Researchers presented briefings in breakout sessions on manpower, personnel, training, education, diversity, quality of life and related topics.

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