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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 primarily work on a variety of research projects at various stages of development. Work will likely include a mix of research design, data collection, analysis and data 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. Work Schedule 8 to 10 hours per week when school is in session, with the possibility to work some hours over break. A relatively consistent weekly schedule is expected; however, there is some flexibility. |