Part-Time Data Science Fellow in Higher Education Finance

Jain Family Institute; New York (NY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Jain Family Institute invites a Data Science Research Fellow in Higher Education Finance (HEF) to join a small, interdisciplinary team and contribute to analyses of student debt affordability and access.

The fellowship offers a monthly stipend of $2,500 for about 20–25 hours per week over six months, with potential extension; responsibilities include data cleaning, visualization, and documenting findings for non-econometrics readers.

Qualifications

• Experience with data wrangling and visualization.
• Proficiency in R or Python; Stata a plus.
• Strong interest in higher education research (access, affordability, accountability, financing).
• Good time-management and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of econometrics, experimental/quasi-experimental design and causal inference is a plus.
• Familiarity with ETL processes.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, wrangling, and analyzing confidential data pertaining to the student debt crisis
• Creating visualizations and summary statistics
• Writing/summarizing/documenting data capabilities or conclusions for non-econometrics readers

Skills

Data manipulations and visualizations

R or Python (Stata a plus)

HE research interest

Time management

Econometrics/experimental design

ETL familiarity

Job description

The Jain Family Institute invites a Data Science Research Fellow in Higher Education Finance (HEF) to join a small, interdisciplinary team and contribute to analyses of student debt affordability and access.

The fellowship offers a monthly stipend of $2,500 for about 20–25 hours per week over six months, with potential extension; responsibilities include data cleaning, visualization, and documenting findings for non-econometrics readers.