Syllabus
(subject to change)
Module Topics & Resources
Module 1 Recording
Guest Speakers
- The American Census: An Overview by Jim Holmes, Former Director, Census Bureau
- Census, Data & Civil Rights by Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean, President, Fair Count
- History of Undercounts & Apportionment by Dan Bouk, Professor and author, Colgate University
- Civil Rights Legislation & Enforcement by Andrea Senteno, Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- Census, Courts, and Current Issues by Thomas Wolf, Director of Democracy Initiatives, Brennan Center for Justice
Suggested Reading Materials:
- Bouk, Dan (2022). Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them.
- Anderson, Margo (2015). The American Census: A Social History.
- Census Oversight
- Census authorization
- Appropriations
- Understanding the census cycle/relationship to ACS
- Setting the stage
- Census Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Study (CBAMS)
- Building the universe (address list)
- Residence Rule
- Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operation
- Household count (self-response and Nonresponse Follow-up)
- Group Quarters enumeration
- Counting the unhoused: Service-based enumeration & Targeted Non-Sheltered Outdoor Location (TNSOL)
- U.S. Island Territories enumeration
- Data products
- The role of administrative records
- Protecting confidentiality (disclosure avoidance systems; Title 13)
- Other surveys and censuses: Economic Census, Census of Governments, Household Pulse Survey, ongoing demographic and economic surveys
- Historical patterns (overview)
- Post-Enumeration Survey
- Demographic Analysis
- Operational Metrics
- Challenge and Review Programs
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