Economics Teachers, Postsecondary

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.

AI: Fully automatable - AI is capable of preparing detailed lecture content and can deliver it (including synthesized speech/interactive formats) at undergraduate and graduate levels across topics like econometrics and macroeconomics.

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

AI: Fully automatable - AI can compile exam items, support secure online administration (with proctoring systems), and grade objective and rubric‑scored responses, enabling full automation of many exam workflows.

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

AI: Fully automatable - AI can generate complete syllabi, homework sets, handouts, and supporting materials aligned with learning outcomes and course level with minimal human input.

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

AI: Fully automatable - Maintaining attendance, gradebooks, and administrative records can be fully automated via LMS integration and data-processing tools with minimal human intervention.

Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.

AI: Fully automatable - Compiling specialized bibliographies is well within current AI capabilities using scholarly databases, citation tools, and domain-specific search algorithms.

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

AI: Partial - AI can fully grade objective problems and rubric‑based assignments and provide formative feedback, but nuanced, high‑stakes evaluation of complex essays and original research still requires human judgment.

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

AI: Partial - AI can monitor and summarize new literature and simulate scholarly discussion, but cannot fully replace the value of live networking, informal colleague interactions, and in‑person conference participation for professional development.

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

AI: Partial - AI can propose curriculum designs and revisions informed by data and standards, but final curricular planning, accreditation decisions, and nuanced pedagogical choices require human oversight.

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

AI: Partial - AI can initiate and moderate online discussions, pose prompts, and manage turn‑taking, but nuanced facilitation of in‑person classroom dynamics and instructor judgment are not fully automatable.

Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

AI: Partial - AI can hold virtual office hours, answer routine questions, and manage scheduling, but cannot fully replicate nuanced human mentorship, empathy, and institutional responsibilities.

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

AI: Partial - AI can automate literature review, data analysis, and drafting, and even produce publishable content with oversight, but original research design, ethical accountability, and novel theoretical contributions still require human leadership.

Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.

AI: Partial - AI can facilitate collaboration by summarizing literature, generating drafts, and analyzing data, but cannot fully replace human negotiation, consensus-building, and collegial decision-making.

Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.

AI: Partial - AI can recommend and push procurement workflows for textbooks and supplies, but final curricular judgment and some procurement approvals typically require human decision-makers.

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

AI: Partial - AI can support supervision through monitoring, feedback, and administrative oversight, but cannot fully replace the mentorship, evaluation, and interpersonal guidance provided by human supervisors.

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

AI: Partial - AI can generate tailored academic and career plans and provide labor-market insights, but nuanced personal advising and high-stakes career counseling still require human judgment and institutional knowledge.

Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.

AI: Partial - AI can automate scheduling, reporting, and information management but lacks the human leadership, political judgment, and institutional authority to fully serve as a department head.

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

AI: Partial - AI can draft agendas, analyze policy options, and take minutes, but serving as an accountable committee member with institutional decision-making authority cannot be fully automated.

Participate in campus and community events.

AI: Partial - AI can participate virtually, help organize and promote events, and represent information, but it cannot fully substitute for in-person presence, networking, and community relationship-building.

Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

AI: Partial - AI can draft competitive narratives, perform literature reviews, and help build budgets, but cannot assume PI responsibilities, institutional endorsements, or the credibility and original research track record often required to win funding on its own.

Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

AI: Partial - AI can handle outreach messaging, applicant screening, scheduling, and matching tasks, but cannot fully replace in-person recruitment, nuanced admissions decisions, and relationship-building required for placement activities.

Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.

AI: Partial - AI can generate analyses, models, and deliverable reports used in consulting, but cannot assume legal responsibility, long-term client relationships, or the trust and negotiation roles human consultants provide.

Act as advisers to student organizations.

AI: Partial - AI can provide guidance, resources, and meeting facilitation for student organizations, but cannot fully replicate sustained human mentorship, conflict mediation, and institutional advocacy that advisers provide.