[CSSD] Changes in U.S. Census Topic of Thursday Seminar

Mon May 12 16:21:56 PDT 2008

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                  Seminar Schedule

                  June 19 - 
                  Riverside County Annual Survey results

                  Results from the first of what is expected to be an annual survey of Riverside County residents will be analyzed and discussed by academic and community leaders.

                  Location:  University Village, UV207, Riverside

                  Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
                   

                  Future Seminars

                  All  seminars are held on the third Thursday of the month, excluding July, August and December. Each seminar  will feature a new topic
                  of regional interest. 

                  Randall Lewis 
                  Seminar Series

                  Randall Lewis is well known for his innovative approaches to planning, designing, and marketing residential communities as Executive Vice President of the Upland-based Lewis Group of Companies.

                  He has been Secretary of the Los Angeles County Citizens Planning Council, Director of the Home Builder's Council, National Director of the National Association of Home Builders, and President of the Inland Empire Arts Foundation. He was inducted into the California Building Industry Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Sales and Marketing Council's MAME Awards Marketing Person of the Year.

                  He is a long time ULI member as well as a Governor of the ULI Foundation. He serves on several executive boards, including the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. He received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College.
                   
                     Randall Lewis Seminar Series for May 15, 2008

                  How Will Changing U.S. Census Affect Decision-Making?

                  Changes in the U.S. census are providing timelier, useful information, but require a full understanding of the data being collected and a thorough analysis before utilizing the data in decision-making.

                  The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide “long form-only” survey that was established in some U.S. communities beginning in 2005 and will be extended to all communities nationwide by 2010. It will replace the long form in the ten-year census and provide communities with an annual moving picture of demographic, socio-economic and housing characteristics. With the ACS, elected officials, community leaders and businesses will have access to more current data to help in decision-making on social and economic issues.

                  But the ACS will not provide an official population count between 10-year censuses, and its monthly sampling of housing unit addresses within communities requires more careful analysis and interpretation of the data collected. 

                  David A. Swanson, a nationally known demographer, interim Director of the Blakely Center and UCR Professor of Sociology, will discuss the ACS and its ramifications to decision-making at the May 15 Randall Lewis Seminar Series.

                  Dr. Swanson has more than 30 years of experience as an applied demographer, including recent research funded by the National Science Foundation in which he directed an on-the-ground census and sample survey to assess the impact of Hurricane Katrina on residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He has been at the University of Mississippi since 2003.

                  His applied demography experience includes service as the Dean of the Helsinki School of Economics, Professor of Urban Studies at Portland State, and State Demographer in the Alaska Department of Labor. He also has conducted demographic research in Saudi Arabia.


                  The seminar will begin at 5:30 p.m. at University Village, UV207. See map.
                  The seminars are free of charge. 

                  If you plan to attend: 

                  Please RSVP to Shayna Conaway shaynac at ucr.edu (951) 827-7830
                   to ensure adequate space and refreshments.


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