Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

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

AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully automate drafting syllabi, assignments, handouts, and customizable course materials quickly and iteratively based on learning objectives and institutional constraints.

Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

AI: Fully automatable - AI and existing LMS tools can compile exam items, deliver assessments online (including automated proctoring options), and auto-grade many question types or route work to graders, enabling full automation of the workflow.

Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

AI: Fully automatable - Maintaining attendance, gradebooks, and administrative records is already routinely automated by LMS and student-information systems that AI can fully operate and update.

Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can search literature, extract citations, and format bibliographies accurately and quickly, enabling full automation of this task.

Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can draft competitive grant proposals—writing aims, background, methods, and budgets—from inputs and templates such that the core task of writing proposals can be fully automated (with human review for institutional/ethical signoff).

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

AI: Partial - AI can initiate and structure discussions and moderate online forums effectively, but it struggles with nuanced, real-time classroom dynamics, emotional cues, and high-stakes pedagogical decisions that a human instructor handles.

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

AI: Partial - AI can reliably grade objective items and assist with rubric-driven essay scoring and feedback, yet complex qualitative judgments, academic integrity assessments, and final high-stakes grading still benefit from human oversight.

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as criminal law, defensive policing, and investigation techniques.

AI: Partial - AI can prepare and deliver prerecorded or live lecture content on criminal justice topics, but it cannot fully replicate instructors' experiential expertise, in-class responsiveness, and ethical judgment in sensitive subjects.

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

AI: Partial - AI can ingest and summarize new literature and track developments, but participating in collegial exchanges and conference networking involves human relationship-building and judgment that AI cannot fully replicate.

Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

AI: Partial - AI can host virtual office hours, answer routine questions, and triage student needs, but it cannot fully replace in-person mentoring, nuanced advising, and emotional support provided during human office hours.

Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.

AI: Partial - AI can provide individualized curricular planning and career guidance based on data and labor-market trends, but holistic career advising that integrates personal circumstances, networking, and institutional advocacy remains a human-led activity.

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

AI: Partial - AI can generate curriculum drafts, learning objectives, and assessment items, but cannot fully substitute for faculty judgment, accreditation alignment, and contextual decisions.

Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.

AI: Partial - AI can recommend and identify textbooks and suppliers and even place orders in integrated systems, but procurement and budget approvals typically require human oversight.

Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

AI: Partial - AI can support supervision by monitoring progress, offering feedback, and managing logistics, but it cannot fully assume mentorship, assessment, or responsibility for students' academic and professional development.

Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.

AI: Partial - AI can synthesize research, draft proposals, and facilitate communication, but it cannot replace face-to-face negotiation, trust-building, and shared governance among colleagues.

Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.

AI: Partial - AI can automate literature reviews, data analysis, and draft writing, but it cannot fully replace researchers' creativity, experimental judgment, fieldwork, and ethical accountability required to conduct and publish original research.

Act as advisers to student organizations.

AI: Partial - AI can advise student organizations by providing templates, policy guidance, and event planning support, but it cannot replace the human mentoring, oversight, and responsibility expected of faculty advisers.

Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

AI: Partial - AI can analyze policies, draft committee materials, and simulate outcomes, but committee service requires human judgment, institutional knowledge, and collective decision-making.

Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.

AI: Partial - AI can automate many administrative tasks (scheduling, drafting memos, reporting) but cannot fully perform the leadership, personnel decisions, accountability, and political negotiation required of a department head.

Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

AI: Partial - AI can automate and personalize outreach, process registrations, and help match students to placements, yet recruitment and placement still rely on human judgment, interviews, and institutional relationships.

Participate in campus and community events.

AI: Partial - AI can help organize, promote, and even participate virtually in events, but meaningful campus and community engagement typically requires in-person presence and relational work that AI cannot fully replicate.

Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.

AI: Partial - AI can generate analyses, policy briefs, and technical recommendations for government or industry, but cannot fully replace human client relationships, on‑the‑ground judgment, liability-bearing consulting roles, and stakeholder negotiations.