Lectures focus on U.S. Census
Princeton, NJ -- The Survey Research Center and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs are sponsoring two lectures about the U.S. census in the coming weeks.
On Monday, March 5, Kenneth Prewitt, former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss "What I Learned about America from Census 2000" at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Prewitt was appointed director of the Census Bureau in 1998 by President Bill Clinton. During his tenure, his attention was focused on the operations of Census 2000, described by some as the largest peacetime mobilization in history. Prewitt had overall responsibility for ensuring that 275 million U.S. residents were correctly counted, and he made serious efforts to increase the level of census participation over previous years. He also fought for the use of statistical sampling to correct historical undercounts. This placed Prewitt at odds with most Republicans, who opposed the use of sampling.
Prewitt stepped down as head of the Census Bureau this past January. He recently was named dean of the graduate faculty at the New School University in New York, and he will assume his new duties this month.
On Monday, March 26, Peter Skerry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, will discuss "Who's Afraid of the Undercount? Race, Politics and the Census." The lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
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