Academic courses began in Fall 1993, under the heading of the first JPSM director, sociologist Stanley Presser.
[1] In 2000, JPSM enrolled their first Ph.D. students, in both statistical and social science concentrations of survey methodology.
[1] JPSM is currently headed by Frauke Kreuter, who is also Professor of Statistics and Methodology at the University of Mannheim and head of the Statistical Methods Research Department at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nürnberg, Germany.
In addition, JPSM offers a summer program for undergraduate students with internship placements at statistical agencies.
[4] Federal agencies also provide real world problems that are taken on by students in practicum or design seminar classes.