Intern

Summary

Join Ithaka S+R, a non-profit research and consulting service, as an intern contributing to the American Talent Initiative (ATI). Working with the ATI project team, you will design original research and create blog posts, case studies, and presentations. This 12-week internship, starting June 2, 2025, offers a unique learning experience involving collaboration with researchers and analysts. You will address critical challenges in higher education and present your work. The application deadline is January 31, 2025. The internship pays $20.00 per hour.

Requirements

• Pursuing a master’s degree or Ph.D in a field that requires superior writing, communication, research, and critical thinking skills
• Strong interest in Ithaka S+R’s mission to solve challenges facing higher education
• Comfort working in a fluid, highly collaborative, remote team environment
• Ambitious self-starter enthusiastic about learning new skills
• Highly effective communicator, eager to collaboratively set goals and seek feedback
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while ensuring attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex concepts and research data into compelling, accessible, and engaging work products, including long- and short-form written outputs as well as presentation materials

Responsibilities

• Address critical challenges in higher education
• Develop a broader knowledge of Ithaka S+R’s work through exposure to and active participation in discussions beyond the scope of the intern’s specific project
• Collaborate with researchers and analysts to produce specific deliverables
• Present work accomplished during the internship showcasing deliverables achieved and skills learned
• Contributing to project development (e.g., project scoping, background research, development of mixed methods research instruments)
• Participating in data collection (e.g., literature reviews, desk research, conducting interviews and focus groups)
• Performing data analysis
• Contributing to project outputs, including reports, memos, blog posts, fact sheets, and slide decks

Preferred Qualifications

Policy analysis and/or experience working with quantitative or mixed research methods

Benefits

The pay for this position is $20.00 per hour