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Students could be undercounted in the census as coronavirus ...


Students could be undercounted in the census as coronavirus ...

Around a third of the 12 million full-time college students in the U.S. live off campus, adding, perhaps, another 4 million names to the pool of ...

COVID, the Census, and the Looming University Undercount

At college dormitories and student apartments across the U.S., census forms will be piling up – but many run the risk of not being filled in ...

College students have been misrepresented in the census ...

... COVID-19 pandemic may leave lasting effects. Read part 2 for more information on the impact and history of undercounting the community.

College Student Population Counts for 2020 Census Imperiled by ...

If populations are undercounted and states receive less funding as a result, Jacobsen said the impact could trickle down to funding for public ...

As campuses empty, officials in college towns worry students will be ...

The U.S. Census Bureau confirmed it will count the student population from now-shuttered dormitories, but some officials in large college ...

College Towns Worry Students Will Not Be Counted in US Census

But because of coronavirus restrictions, many students ... Some people say the coming undercount could harm college towns across the country.

Coronavirus could cause Census to miss students

At college dormitories and student apartments across the U.S., census forms will be piling up – but many run the risk of not being filled in.

Statement on Modifying 2020 Census Operations

Per the Census Bureau's residence criteria, in most cases students living away from home at school should be counted at school, even if they are ...

'It's going horribly': College towns fret about census count - OPB

The Census Bureau says college students should be counted where they would have been on April 1 — at school — if not for the outbreak. The ...

College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census

Colleges say the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complain that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige.

Estimating the Impact of Temporary COVID-19 College Closures on ...

Temporary college closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic created an exodus of students from college towns just as the decennial ...

Counting College Students: The 2020 census amidst COVID-19 ...

For students and college towns, the census may affect funding for community initiatives, federal Pell Grant Programs, mental health services and ...

Coronavirus and the 2020 Census: Where Should College Students ...

Census Bureau officials say students living away from home should be counted at their on-campus or off-campus college address.

The census in the season of Coronavirus

College students are often under-counted due to confusion about the residence at which they should be counted. Because many campuses have closed ...

On, Off Campus or With Parents, College Students Count in 2020 ...

When responding to the 2020 Census, college students should be counted where they live and sleep most of the time as of April 1, 2020. For most ...

The pandemic is making it harder for college students in Austin to ...

College students in Austin are at risk of being severely undercounted in the 2020 U.S. Census, which could put federal funding and political ...

College Towns Challenging Census Results After Pandemic Poses ...

Multiple cities will challenge the results of the 2020 census, including college towns where officials say populations were undercounted as a ...

Will COVID depress the census count for college towns?

“This information allows the Census Bureau to count the students where they would have been staying on April 1, 2020, even if they went home ...

Some College Towns to Contest Census Results, Saying They Were ...

Some college towns are claiming they were undercounted during the 2020 census and plan to challenge its results, saying the data could ...

How will the census count students during time of COVID-19? – The ...

... population is undercounted. “The consequences of the census are going to be here after the pandemic isn't,” said Andrew Virden, director of census ...