Enrollment & Analytics Intern

Mission and Vision: The mission of Wallin Education Partners is to enable college and career success for high-potential Minnesota students with financial need through scholarships, comprehensive advising support. Our vision is to create a diverse, ever-expanding community of scholars and educated citizens with the skills, leadership, and dedication needed to build a stronger tomorrow. 

Organization: Wallin Education Partners is a proven college completion program that includes financial aid and comprehensive support for students from low-income backgrounds. With a 91% six-year graduation rate compared to 64% nationally, Wallin Education Partners is one of the most effective college completion programs in the country. Wallin’s model of financial aid and comprehensive individual advising accelerates economic mobility and fundamentally increases the odds of graduation and employment for underrepresented students. Since 1992, Wallin Education Partners has helped increase access to college and degree completion for lower income students by partnering with high schools, donors, community organizations, and civic leaders to support more than 5,000 students on their college journeys.

Primary Responsibilities: The Enrollment & Analytics Intern is responsible for assisting the Enrollment & Analytics team with special projects, most significantly editing donor reports and taking on numerous data management projects.

Data Management Projects (60%)

• Verify and update name and date of birth lookup criteria in National Student Clearinghouse for several hundred records.
• Verify and update enrollment statuses details in National Student Clearinghouse for approximately a few hundred records.
• Verify and process over 1,000 transcript uploads, including stamping academic year, academic term, and review status and merging pages.
• Support processing of a few hundred selfie video uploads.
• Support the collection and processing of a few hundred graduate surveys.
• Support processing and analysis of a few hundred financial aid letters.
• Support processing of other documents as needed.

Donor Report Editing (30%)

• Copy edit approximately 300 student reflections and advisor comments for formal reports and correct typographical and grammatical errors.
• Identify significant content inconsistencies between student reflections and advisor comments to pass along to supervisor for further content editing.
• Adjust formatting for each report as necessary in Microsoft Word reporting template.

Additional Miscellaneous Projects (10%) 

• Complete additional projects as assigned by supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience: 

• Major, minor, or significant coursework with grades of B or better in English, journalism, or related writing-intensive subject. 
• Experience with type editing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration and communication. 
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated individual. 

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Major in English, journalism, or related writing-intensive subject.
• Extracurricular involvement with journalistic or literary group, such as school newspaper or magazine.
• Experience with data management and data analysis. 
• Commitment to educational equity and Wallin Education Partner’s mission and vision.

Schedule & Compensation: The internship runs for the 2025-26 school year, from approximately Monday, September 8th, 2025 – Friday, May 29th, 2026.  The intern should expect to work 8 hours/week throughout the school year and will be compensated at $15.97/hr.

Additional Info: For further information on Wallin, please visit www.wallinpartners.org.

How to Apply: If interested, please email a cover letter, resume, and a writing sample (250-500 words) to Caitlin Cardinal at hr@wallinpartners.org, and include “Enrollment & Analytics Intern” in the subject line; or mail to:

Wallin Education Partners

450 Lexington Parkway North, Suite 100

Saint Paul, MN 55104

Wallin Education Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. Wallin Education Partners provides equal opportunity to all applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and will not refuse to hire any qualified individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual by reason of an individual’s race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, (or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to lactation), physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.