Because of the decades-old federal privacy law, university administrators won’t be able to disclose students’ sex, race or Hispanic origin, if asked. Privacy laws won’t prevent the Census Bureau “from conducting its decennial census of residents living or staying at a campus facility as of Census Day, April 1, 2020,” the statement said. Counting college students is tricky since it can be hard to track down students in group housing. The Census Bureau says students should be counted where they live, which in most cases is where the students go to school. But students living in college housing, perhaps the group most likely to answer questions online, will be given paper forms.

Source: thestar February 02, 2020 14:15 UTC