The Social Science Data Analysis Network – SSDAN – is “a university-based organization that creates demographic media, such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials that make U.S. census data accessible to policymakers, educators, the media, and informed citizens. SSDAN is directed by demographer William H. Frey and utilizes facilities at the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan. ” Note especially the Census in the Classroom project which “seeks to make empirical data analysis exploration an accessible, available, and desirable component of introductory social science courses. It combines engaging course material on American society with basic data analysis exercises that utilize data from the U.S. census and other sources.”