Job Description & Duties: The Office of Institutional Research & Assessment at Macalester (IR&A) collaborates with campus partners to provide actionable feedback for improving educational and working experiences at Macalester. This position is focused on our assessment work in particular, which is guided by: - an unwavering commitment to ethical practices in research and use of data;
- expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, from thoughtful and flexible design through insights to inform practices;
- facilitating connections between the college's mission, student learning outcomes, curricular and co-curricular learning experiences, and assessment;
- engaging assessment as a focus of faculty and staff development to help individuals, departments, and programs increase the effectiveness of their own approaches to assessment.
The Research Assistant will focus on new projects and existing projects that are ready for qualitative and quantitative data analysis and visualization. This position may also be responsible for some data entry and/or other general office support. The Research Assistant works in collaboration with their supervisor and other IR&A researchers on most projects but should expect a relatively high degree of autonomy over the execution of project work. Skills Developed on the Job: - Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data in context
- Ability to communicate findings in concise, accurate & visually-appealing ways
- Alignment with Macalester Student Learning Outcomes: 1) Think Critically & Analyze Effectively, 2) Communicate Effectively
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