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Business Teachers, Postsecondary

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,452 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 80% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accounting, principles of marketing, and operations management.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and conferences.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Act as advisers to student organizations.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Participate in campus and community events.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Mentor new faculty.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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