The Campaign for College Opportunity’s Steve Weiner and David Wolf Founder Fellowship Program is offering three part-time, temporary, paid Research Fellowships to prepare the next generation of higher education advocates. The positions are to start as soon as possible, but no later than September 9, 2024.

The Research Fellows will have the opportunity to learn what it means to advocate on behalf of California’s students to access, afford, and succeed in the state’s colleges and universities and how to harness the critical skills and tools necessary to compel change. Working remotely, fellows will be tasked with assisting the Vice President of Research and Sr. Research Analyst to conduct research, analyze data, and prepare briefs that will inform public discourse and advance policy reforms championed by the Campaign for College Opportunity. The Fellows will be heavily involved in the production of Campaign reports and briefs, including research on the equity implications of California’s response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, as well as on-going work related to access to higher education and support for students at California’s public colleges and universities, and diversity among California’s educational leaders.

Responsibilities

• Support original and secondary research and analysis to identify and disseminate relevant and reliable information on California public higher education and the experiences of low-income, underrepresented, and undocumented students;
• Perform quantitative and qualitative research and prepare analyses;
• Monitor federal, state, and local higher education policies and programs, and prepare briefing materials that convey the impact of these developments;
• Conduct quick literature reviews and policy scans;
• Download, clean, and analyze publicly available data; and
• Write reports, memos, briefs, blogposts, and other content to communicate findings and recommendations to staff and external audiences.

Qualifications

• Interest in careers in the higher education nonprofit sector, conducting policy research and analyses with the intent of reaching diverse audiences;
• Must have knowledge of higher education and an interest in public policy;
• Bachelor’s degree required, and students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in higher education, as well as those with lived experiences related to our research, are strongly encouraged to apply;
• Candidates who are flexible, adaptable, detail-oriented, responsive to changing priorities, and committed to being problem-solvers;
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately describe complex issues in ways that different audiences can understand;
• Must demonstrate ability to work independently and manage multiple projects with strong interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; and
• Knowledge and experience with qualitative and quantitative research;
• Familiarity with common datasets such as IPEDS and US Census products including the American Community Survey (ACS);
• Fluency with statistical analysis software packages such as SPSS, Stata, or R. Candidates with demonstrated capacity to use Excel for complex data analysis tasks will be considered.
• Prior experience with data visualization and data visualization programs such as Datawrapper, Tableau, and Microsoft Power BI, including experience with creating and managing dashboards.
• Prior experience on a research team or in a research internship is a plus but is not required.

What You Will Achieve

• By the end of the Steve Weiner and David Wolf Founder Fellowship Program, Fellows will have:
• Conducted original or secondary research in support of the Campaign’s policy objectives;
• Downloaded, cleaned, and analyzed data from national and state databases;
• Developed protocols, conducted, transcribed, and coded qualitative interviews;
• Translated research for nonacademic audiences and contributed to the development of reports, research briefs, infographics and other written pieces that advance the Campaign’s policy agenda;
• Gained a broader understanding of actionable higher education policy research.

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