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04109aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 C30E8BB2586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 190526s2019 caua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1977402429 020 $a 9781977402424 035 $a (OCoLC)1102470220 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d YDXIT $d WNC $d RSM $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a U716 $b .L5 2019 082 04 $a 407.1/50973 $2 23 100 1 $a Li, Jennifer J., $e author. 245 10 $a Meeting the language and culture training needs of U.S. Department of Defense personnel : $b an evaluation of the language training center program / $c Jennifer J. Li, Richard S. Girven, Norah Griffin. 264 1 $a Santa Monica, Calif. : $b RAND Corporation, $c [2019] 300 $a xix, 89 pages ; $c 26 cm 490 1 $a Research report ; $v no. 2555 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 3 $a The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Language Training Center (LTC) Program leverages the expertise and infrastructure of institutions of higher education to train DoD personnel in language, culture, and regional area studies. The Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) asked the RAND Corporation to examine the LTC Program, which was established in 2011 and included centers at nine universities in the fiscal year 2017 grant cycle. This evaluation was meant to assist DoD in making informed decisions about the viability and continuation of the program. Through site visits to each of the nine centers, interviews, and analysis of program data, RAND researchers found that the LTC Program is meeting the vast majority of the requirements of its authorizing legislation: building skills in language and area studies, providing language training in critical and strategic languages for operational readiness, and using alternative language training delivery systems to provide training to a wide variety of DoD partners. A key recommendation is for DLNSEO and its administrative partner, the Institute of International Education, to encourage each LTC to articulate objectives that go beyond provision of training and represent meaningful training outcomes for the DoD partners and students. The challenges that lie ahead will be to (1) encourage increased consistency across the program in areas where it makes sense while still providing opportunities for uniqueness and creativity at each of the LTCs and (2) increase meaningful measurement of outcomes while continuing to support responsiveness, innovation, and, potentially, further growth. 530 $a Also available online. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Overview of the Language Training Center Program -- Language Training Center Objectives and Goals -- Teachers: Recruiting, Training, and Evaluation -- Measuring Outcomes -- Professional Community and Collaboration -- Language Training Center Costs and Resources -- Operating Within Institutions of Higher Education -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Student Interview and Focus Group Questions -- Appendix B: Instructor Interview and Focus Group Questions -- Appendix C: DoD Partner Interview Questions -- Appendix D: Language Training Center Administrator Interview Questions -- Appendix E: DLNSEO Leadership and Staff Interview Questions -- Appendix F: IIE Leadership and Staff Interview Questions -- Appendix G: Program Costs: Language Training Center Administrative Interview Questions. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Defense $x Evaluation. $x Evaluation. 651 0 $a United States $x Education. $x Officials and employees $x Education. 651 0 $a United States $x Evaluation. $x Personnel management $x Evaluation. 650 0 $a Language and languages $x Study and teaching $z United States. 700 1 $a Girven, Richard, $e author. 700 1 $a Griffin, Norah, $e author. 710 2 $a Rand Corporation. $e issuing body. 830 0 $a Research report (Rand Corporation) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015156.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C30E8BB2586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search