December 2022 Stakeholder Update
Friends of NCHS Statement on FY23 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
On December 21, the Friends of NCHS released the following statement regarding NCHS funding level in the FY23 Omnibus Appropriations Bill… Read more
November 2022 Stakeholder Update
Friends of NCHS Letter to Dr. Wakefield
On November 15, COPAFS signed on to a letter from the Friends of NCHS to Dr. Mary Wakefield at CDC. Dr. Wakefield has been tasked with leading CDC’s structure modernization work and the letter served to call her attention to the great work being done at NCHS. An excerpt from … Read more
October 2022 Stakeholder Update
2022 FCSM Research and Policy Conference Update
The 2022 FCSM Conference was held last week at the Washington Convention Center. The full program is posted at FCSM2022.org. The presentations will be available at FCSM.gov later this year. Read more
August 2022 Stakeholder Update
2022 FCSM Research and Policy Conference Update
Registration is now open! You can register for the conference here. The Early Bird rate of $250 ends September 30 so register soon!
The 2022 FCSM Conference will feature two plenary sessions, one on Tuesday morning and one on Wednesday morning. The two plenary speakers are Robert Santos, U.S. Census Bureau and Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University. The program is now posted on FCSM2022.org. Read more
July 2022 Stakeholder Update
2022 FCSM Research and Policy Conference Update
Registration is now open! You can register for the conference here. The Early Bird rate of $250 ends September 30 so register soon!
The 2022 FCSM Conference will feature two plenary sessions, one on Tuesday morning and one on Wednesday morning. The two plenary speakers are Robert Santos, U.S. Census Bureau and Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University. Read more
May 2022 Stakeholder Update
Registration is now open for the 2022 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. Founded in 1963, the ICPSR Summer Program offers rigorous, hands-on training in statistics, quantitative and qualitative methods, and data analysis for students, faculty, and researchers of all skill levels and backgrounds… Read more
April 2022 Stakeholder Update
The Office of Management and Budget is naming Karin Orvis as its chief statistician and branch chief for statistical and science policy at OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. OMB hasn’t had a permanent official to lead these efforts in more than two years… Read more
March 2022 Stakeholder Update
OMB recently shared a copy of this year’s Analytical Perspectives chapter called “Leveraging Federal Statistics to Strengthen Evidence-based Decision-making.” This chapter, which formerly was named “Strengthening Federal Statistics,” is back in the Analytical Perspectives volume this year, which was published alongside the FY 2023 President’s Budget today… Read more
February 2022 Stakeholder Update
COPAFS is organizing a Working Group focused on reviving the National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) at the National Center for Education Statistics. The survey employs a nationally representative sample of full-and part-time faculty and instructional staff at public and private not-for-profit 2- and 4-year institutions in the United States. It is designed to provide data about faculty and instructional staff to postsecondary education researchers and policymakers. The survey was initially conducted during the 1987-88 school year and repeated in 1992–93, 1998–99, and 2003–04. It has been 18 years since it was last administered. If you or someone you know would be …Read more
January 2022 Stakeholder Update
COPAFS is organizing a Working Group focused on reviving the National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) at the National Center for Education Statistics. The survey employs a nationally representative sample of full-and part-time faculty and instructional staff at public and private not-for-profit 2- and 4-year institutions in the United States. It is designed to provide data about faculty and instructional staff to postsecondary education researchers and policymakers. The survey was initially conducted during the 1987-88 school year and repeated in 1992–93, 1998–99, and 2003–04. It has been 18 years since it was last administered. If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the NSOPF Working Group please send Paul an email at paul.schroeder@copafs.org …Read more