Enumerators will set up tables in dining halls to collect completed forms and answer questions. Clinkenbeard says he hopes to complete the process before final exam period in May.
Clinkenbeard says Harvard students are considered Cambridge residents, and should so indicate on their forms.
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"The census has no connection to legal address, tax status or place of voting. It is a physical count of where you are on April 1," he says.
He stressed the need for Harvard students to fill out the census forms.
"It does have an impact on the amount of funding Cambridge will get from the government," he says. "Cambridge is very much relying on Harvard students."