Charles A. Goldman is a senior economist at RAND and a professor of economics at the RAND School of Public Policy. He specializes in the economics of education, skills and workforce needs, military personnel policy, strategic planning, and organization and performance of schools, universities, and systems. He has conducted projects in Texas and Pennsylvania to improve postsecondary education governance structures and align them to meeting workforce needs. For the Australian government, he led multiple projects on strategic workforce development for that country’s naval shipbuilding enterprise. He analyzes the value and organization of professional military education, military members’ transitions from active duty to the civilian labor market, and their use of consumer financial products.
Goldman has studied policy and implementation of various levels of education in the United States, Latin America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He recently completed a process and outcomes evaluation of a long-term effort to deliver American engineering bachelor's degrees in the country of Georgia. One of his main research themes is measuring performance in postsecondary education at the institution and system levels. Building on that work, he develops national and international university ranking and benchmarking systems and sits on the advisory board of the Shanghai Academic Rankings of World Universities.
Goldman earned his Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy from Stanford University and held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Stanford School of Education. He earned his S.B. in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; S.B. in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
