Applied Survey Research

04/20/2024

Applied Survey Research at the Kids in Common conference in Santa Clara. Data for CHANGE!

06/14/2023

Launch of the 2023 Latino Report Card today-go team ASR!

04/07/2021

Everyone has an opinion on student loan forgiveness. But what's behind the concept? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? And who really gets the benefit? This Brookings Institute article will explain the answers. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/02/12/putting-student-loan-forgiveness-in-perspective-how-costly-is-it-and-who-benefits/

04/05/2021

Does it seem like your entire life is devoid of free time? Not good! In the US, we tend to center our lives on our work schedules. This Brookings Institute study shows how it impacts our health and our sense of happiness and well-being.

Based off of qualitative research conducted in 2019, in this report, the authors document the pressure that many parents experience as they try to balance paid work and caring for others.

03/31/2021

This Brookings Institute article is a couple of weeks old, so the metrics are a bit outdated. However, the message still is relevant. The next pandemic is coming at some point. How do we take action now to prevent the worst from happening? There's no time like the present to plan, while the experience is still fresh in our minds.

Dante Disparte proposes seven ways in which the U.S. government can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and improve public health protocols to prepare for a future pandemic.

03/30/2021

This article in the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News is a great argument for upstream investment in public health. Let's prepare for crises before they happen.

Chronic underfunding strained COVID-19 containment and recovery efforts across California.

03/06/2021

ASR in the News: Washtenaw County Michigan

by DOINA PLOP Deputy Editor During the COVID-19 pandemic, Washtenaw County experienced a surprising decrease in the number of people experiencing homelessness. A great number of people have been housed just before or during the pandemic thanks to the efforts of the community, the shelter and housing...

03/03/2021

19th-century Mexico is often regarded as "a place defined by poverty and political instability and violence" — but it's rarely given credit for its role in providing safe haven for enslaved people fleeing the U.S.
https://www.facebook.com/NPR/posts/10160384004411756

As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, new attention is being paid to the often overlooked southbound route.

03/03/2021

Today we studied disparities in health care and outcomes with four expert speakers. You can skim through to get a high-level view of why race is a social construct.

How is race utilized, reported and interpreted in biomedical research? Is the use of race as a variable in clinical research practical or problematic? How ca...

02/26/2021

We're always learning something new at ASR. Here's a link to something we studied this week. The title is “Loosely Coupled Inequality in Education – Supporting At-Promise Students Through an Equity and Justice Framework”.

02/19/2021

ASR in the News...

A biennial count of Silicon Valley’s unhoused population — critical for understanding if the homeless crisis is getting worse — won’t happen this year because of COVID-19. Some advocates worry that could mean a loss in federal funding for homeless services. Santa Clara County’s “point in...

02/11/2021

ASR in the News: Santa Cruz County cites invisible unsheltered people.

This year’s Santa Cruz County homeless census, a mandated biennial count at times questioned by critics for its holistic accuracy and relevancy in past years, will be severely curtailed in 20…