Research Catalog

Title

Air Force officer accession planning : addressing key gaps in meeting career field academic degree requirements for nonrated officers / Lisa M. Harrington, Tara L. Terry.

Author

Harrington, Lisa M.,

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, [2016]

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Additional Authors

• Project Air Force (U.S.), sponsoring body.
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.
• Terry, Tara L.,

Description

xiv, 64 pages : charts; 28 cm

Summary

The Air Force commissions thousands of new officers each year, assigning each a career field. But what determines these assignments? This report summarizes an analysis of the Air Force's programs and processes for matching officers with career field assignments, focusing primarily on line officers being assigned to nonrated career fields, and offers suggestions for improvement.

Series Statement

Research report

Alternative Title

Addressing key gaps in meeting career field academic degree requirements for nonrated officers

Subject

• United States. Air Force > Occupational specialties
• United States. Air Force > Officers
• United States. Air Force > Recruiting, enlistment, etc

Note

• "RR-1099-AF"--Cover page 4.
• "RAND Project AIR FORCE"
• "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The line officer accession process -- An overarching education requirement philosophy is needed -- Classification results should be assessed and reported to meet career field needs more effectively -- Career fields lack evidence-based methods for determining education requirements -- Career fields lack an effective framework for documenting education requirements -- AFROTC scholarship production is not aimed at meeting academic degree requirements.

ISBN

• 0833091239
• 9780833091239

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library