RAND Corporation

Summary

RAND Corporation is a think tank^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,252 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• RAND Corporation's field of work was family policy^[3].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was health policy^[4].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was education policy^[5].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was cultural policy^[6].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was national security^[7].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was science policy^[8].
• RAND Corporation was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[9].
• RAND Corporation was a member of Association of American University Presses^[10].
• RAND Corporation is in the country of United States^[11].
• RAND Corporation's instance of is recorded as think tank^[12].
• RAND Corporation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[13].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Henry H. Arnold^[14].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[15].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Curtis LeMay^[16].
• RAND Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[17].
• RAND Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as RAND Corporation^[18].
• RAND Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as RAND Corporation^[19].
• RAND Corporation is used for policy analysis^[20].
• RAND Corporation is used for research and development^[21].
• RAND Corporation's Commons category is recorded as RAND Corporation^[22].
• May 14, 1948 marks the founding of RAND Corporation^[23].
• RAND Corporation's official website is recorded as https://www.rand.org/^[24].
• RAND Corporation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:RAND Corporation^[25].
• RAND Corporation's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.rand.org/news/rss.html^[26].
• RAND Corporation's director / manager is recorded as Michael D. Rich^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Henry H. Arnold^[14], Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[15], and Curtis LeMay^[16]. May 14, 1948 marks the founding of RAND Corporation^[23].

Identity

RAND Corporation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[28].

Leadership

RAND Corporation's director / manager is recorded as Michael D. Rich^[27].

Operations

RAND Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[17]. Subsidiaries include it^[18], a nonprofit organization^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1948^[31], headquartered in Cambridge^[32].

Industry

Fields of work include family policy^[3], a type of policy^[33]; health policy^[4], an academic discipline^[34]; education policy^[5], an academic discipline^[35]; cultural policy^[6], a type of policy^[36]; national security^[7], a type of security^[37]; and science policy^[8].

Why It Matters

RAND Corporation ranks in the top 2% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,252 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]