The Association has mentioned in many occasions that US colleges need to have data scientists to help navigating both the “new world of competition” and “the new world of regulation”.  However, there are only limited human resources with research and computer programming skills, the right background in statistics, econometrics, competitive strategies, managerial finance, accounting, education policy, managerial economics and knowledge of data integrity who can carry out these important tasks efficiently, timely and effectively.  Right at this moment there are over 100 open positions as can be seen at HigherEdJob.com.  Almost every day we heard the US media mentions, discusses and talks about unemployment.  This may not be true for folks that have the IRI-education analytics expertise and data scientist with education background.  AAEA is ready to help passing the knowledge to those who are serious about looking for new possibilities, new adventure, those who are so ready to embrace the changes.