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73/100 career outlook
Mixed picture. AI will change how you work, but the role itself is growing. Lean into the parts only you can do.
0% ai exposure+3.4% job growth
job growth
+3.4%
2024–2034
employed (2024)
3,200
people
annual openings
200
per year
ai exposure
0.0%
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task breakdown
this is all you
8
tasks where you're irreplaceable
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Conduct faculty performance evaluations.
ai speeds this up
4
tasks AI can assist with
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
ai handles this
5
tasks with high AI penetration
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.