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We use a free blogging tool external link to manage our announcements. We also host some blogs.

Our news blog is used to manage our announcements, and to enable us to quickly and easily share relevant news with our partnering sites. Our User Support blog is set up to manage our frequently asked questions. And we host a blog for ICPSR Official Representatives.

Our blogs provide an easy interface for updating content and allow us to import content (via RSS) directly to our Web site. Our blog tool also provides an intuitive interface for searching all our announcements.

Announcements

New Releases through 2010-02-07

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

Updates

2010-02-08

Update on Add Health restricted-use data

Beginning Jan. 25, 2010, restricted-use data for all four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were made available by the Inter-university Consortium for Social and Political Research (ICPSR) under the auspices of the Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) archive, which is funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Development in partnership with the Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina. The restricted-use data are available from ICPSR/DSDR under study numbers 27021 through 27034, and a description of these studies can be viewed online at ICPSR's Web site by searching on the relevant study number. Please review the available data before making your requests. Add Health restricted-use data are available from ICPSR/DSDR by contract only. Contract application materials and forms are available at the DSDR Web site. If you would like to initiate a new Add Health restricted-use data contract or renew or modify a current contract, please contact Russ Hathaway at rhataway@umich.edu. If you requested a renewal or modification of an existing contract prior to December 15, 2009, and have questions about your pending request, please contact CPC staff at addhealth-contract@unc.edu. A timetable for the release of public-use data from Wave IV of Add Health has not yet been established.

2010-01-28

Internship Application and Research Paper Submission Deadlines are Approaching Soon!

Gain Experience in Statistical Analysis at ICPSR!

ICPSR Undergraduate Summer Internship Program

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world's largest archive of digital social science data, is now accepting applications for its annual summer internship program.

  • Deadline for application: February 8, 2010.
  • Gain experience using statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.
  • Attend courses in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
  • $3,000-$5,000 stipend, room and board in university housing, and a scholarship covering the cost of fees, texts, and materials for coursework in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
  • Internship runs June 7-August 13, 2010.

For more information, see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/careers/internship.jsp

ICPSR Research Paper Competitions

ICPSR is sponsoring three competitions to highlight the best student research papers (undergraduate and master's) using quantitative data. The objective is to encourage students to explore the social sciences by means of critical analysis of a topic supported by quantitative analysis of a dataset(s) held within ICPSR and presented in written form.

  • Deadline for submission is January 31, 2010.
  • Two competitions covers any dataset(s) held within the ICPSR archive and are eligible to undergraduate and master's students. The third competition solicits undergraduate papers addressing issues relevant to minorities in the United States, including immigrants, that utilize data from the Resource Center for Minority Data.
  • Up to three cash prizes will be awarded for each competition. The winner will receive a monetary award of $1,000 (second place receives $750 and third place $500).

For details on the competition, see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/prize/index.jsp

2010-01-13

ICPSR adds NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive

The ICPSR is pleased to announce the public availability of the Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The NCAA collects a wealth of data from its member institutions and their student-athletes. The Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive includes user-friendly data collections related to graduation rates; team-level Academic Progress Rates in Division I; and individual-level data on the experiences of current and former student-athletes from the NCAA's Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations and Learning of Students in college study (GOALS), and the Study of College Outcomes and Recent Experiences (SCORE). In the long run, the NCAA expects to follow this initial release with the publication of as much data as possible from its archives.

These data represent a valuable source of information for addressing a variety of issues related to both intercollegiate athletics and higher education generally. These data are collected to help answer research questions posed by college presidents, athletics personnel, faculty, student-athlete groups, the media, researchers and others in the higher education community and to assist in the development of national athletics policies.

The NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate, 2009 data are the first to be released. Team level academic performances can be obtained by division, by conference, and by school.

2010-01-13

ICPSR welcomes new Council members

Dear Colleagues, ICPSR is pleased to announce the election by its membership of a new slate of ICPSR Council members, who will serve four-year terms beginning in March 2010. The election, which took place November 1-December 31, 2009, was conducted electronically, with a 26.5% participation rate. The new members of Council are:

  • G. Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
  • Paul N. Courant, University of Michigan
  • Catherine A. Fitch, University of Minnesota
  • Gregory N. Price, Morehouse College
  • Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University
  • Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University and University of Chicago
Ann Wolpert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected Chair of the 2010-2012 Council. Aletha Huston, University of Texas at Austin, will serve as Past Chair for one year. Continuing Council members, who will serve for two more years, include Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas LaVeist, Johns Hopkins University; Jeff Moon, Queen's University; Lori Weber, California State University at Chico and Christopher Zorn, Pennsylvania State University. Outgoing Council members are Michael Goodchild, University of California at Santa Barbara; Michael Haines, Colgate University; Kathleen Mullan Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samuel Myers, University of Minnesota; and Matthew Snipp, Stanford University. ICPSR thanks the outgoing Council members for their years of service, and warmly welcomes the incoming members. Biographical sketches of the 2010-2014 members of Council will be available at: http://icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/org/governance/newcouncil.jsp

George Alter

Acting Director, ICPSR

2010-01-13

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2010-01-13

ICPSR Webinar Invitation: Introducing the New "Research Connections" Web site!

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now.

Research Connections offers a comprehensive, easily searchable collection of more than 15,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education.

Some of the new tools we'll demonstrate:

  • Filter your search results by author, state, peer reviewed journal, resource type, or acquisition date to quickly find the resources you need.
  • Save your search and receive notices when new resources are added that meet your saved search criteria.
  • Browse the collection by topic to fully explore your areas of interest.
  • Search for variables in individual datasets to easily find the data you want.

This webinar is FREE and open to the public.

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Title: Introducing the New Research Connections Web site!
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh-based attendees
Required: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer

2010-01-12

George Alter Elected Vice President of Social Science History Association

George Alter, acting director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), has been elected vice president of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) for 2009-2010. The SSHA vice president serves for one year and then becomes president, so Alter will serve as president in 2010-2011. SSHA fosters interdisciplinary approaches to historical research, and its annual meetings bring together historians and scholars from all the social sciences.

The constitution of SSHA encourages the archiving of quantitative historical data, and Alter's election continues the tradition of ICPSR's association with SSHA. Warren E. Miller, who founded ICPSR in 1962, also was a founder of SSHA and one of its earliest presidents. Jerome Clubb, ICPSR director from 1975 to 1991, served as president of SSHA as well. Erik Austin, ICPSR assistant director from 2003 until his retirement, was the executive director of SSHA from 1993 to 2005, and Myron Gutmann, ICPSR's recent past director, was the association's treasurer from 1997 to 2005.

Alter, who also holds an appointment as professor of history at the University of Michigan, studies population processes and the dynamics of family systems in historical societies. He recently participated in two cross-national comparative research efforts: the "Eurasia Project," which examines demographic responses to economic stress in five societies in Europe and East Asia, and the "Early Life Conditions" project, which asks whether experiences in childhood have long-term effects on health in old age.

At ICPSR, Alter has developed programs to promote the teaching of quantitative methods in the social sciences. TeachingWithData.org, the first social science "pathway" in NSF's National Science Digital Library, provides links to resources that integrate quantitative analysis in the teaching of the social sciences. Another NSF-funded project, "Infusing Quantitative Literacy throughout the Social Science Curriculum," aims to transform teaching in the social sciences by providing undergraduates active experiences with social science data.

2009-11-23

ICPSR Call for Student Research Papers

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder about the 2010 ICPSR Research Paper Competitions!

This year ICPSR is sponsoring THREE competitions ? two for undergraduates and a new competition for Master?s level students!

The purpose of these competitions is to highlight the best student research papers using quantitative data. The objective is to encourage students to explore the social sciences by means of critical analysis of a topic supported by quantitative analysis of a dataset(s) held within the ICPSR archive and presented in written form.

  • The winner of each competition receives $1,000 cash and the paper will be published.

  • Deadline for submission is January 31, 2010.

More information, submission guidelines, and promotional posters are found by visiting the competition Web site.

We hope that you will share this exciting opportunity with your faculty and students!

Linda Detterman
Marketing & Membership Director
ICPSR
University of Michigan
734.615.5494
lindamd@umich.edu

2009-11-19

ICPSR Summer Undergraduate Internship Program -- 2010

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world's largest archive of digital social science data, is now accepting applications for its annual summer internship program. ICPSR is a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. ICPSR's data are the foundation for thousands of research articles, reports, and books. Findings from these data are put to use by scholars, policy analysts, policy makers, the media, and the public.

Program Structure

  • Interns will prepare data in the UNIX and Windows environments and gain experience using statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.

  • Interns will attend courses in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.

  • Interns will be required to attend a weekly Lunch and Lecture series that will expose them to various aspects and departments of ICPSR and the Institute for Social Research (ISR).

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate standing and completion of sophomore year in a social science major

  • Strong academic credentials

  • Knowledge of a statistical software package such as SPSS, SAS, or Stata

  • Previous relevant social science research experience via work or class project

  • Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels

  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident (pending NSF REU Approval)

  • Must not complete undergraduate studies before December 2010

Timeframe

The summer student internship program lasts 10 weeks, from June 7-August 13, 2010, at ICPSR in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Compensation

$3,000-$5,000 stipend (pending NSF REU Approval), room and board in university housing, and a scholarship covering the cost of fees, texts, and materials for coursework in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.

Application Procedure

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter of interest, resume, a writing sample, and two letters of recommendation (all in one packet or message, if applying by email) to:

ICPSR Human Resources
Attn: Summer Internship Program
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1248
Email: careers@icpsr.umich.edu

Applications are due February 8, 2010.

Selection Process

The selection process consists of an applicant packet review, an online interview, and a telephone interview.

You can also obtain a flyer of the information above (PDF 450K).

2009-10-29

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