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The CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center
The California State University Social Science Research and Instructional Center (SSRIC) provides:
- Support for CSU student, faculty, and staff users of subscription data bases from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the Field Poll, and the Roper Center, as well as of unrestricted data bases.
- Workshops on use of these data, as well as on SPSS, SDA, GIS, and other topics as needed. Provided at no cost to CSU campuses. Other institutions: please contact us for more information.
- The annual SSRIC Social Science Student Symposium (S4). Open to undergraduate and graduate students at CSU and to students at California community colleges.
- Research and training opportunities through CALSPEAKS and the ICPSR Summer Training Program.
- Value-added teaching resources, including modules and exercises, and online textbooks. Most of these materials are freely available.
Governance
Overseeing the Center is the Social Science Research and Instructional Council (also called the SSRIC). Founded in 1972, the Council is the oldest of the affinity groups (formerly known as "discipline councils") in the California State University system. With representatives from each of the CSU campuses, the Council is dedicated to assisting students and faculty in their learning, teaching, and research by:
- providing a forum for sharing information about social science data and computer products;
- initiating and conducting training programs;
- recommending computerized social science projects in the CSU curriculum;
- encouraging the collection and distribution of social science data and computer-related instructional and research materials; and
- advising CSU administrators on policies related to providing quantitative social science data for research and instruction.
Last updated: July 10, 2017.
