Will AI replace Communications Teachers, Postsecondary?

What this score means

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary sits in the middle of the exposure range for Education. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 50 out of 100 it scores 9 points above the Education average of 41. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 35 to 64, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Communications Teachers, Postsecondary, most central first, showing 12 of 22.

• 01Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• 02Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• 03Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• 04Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• 05Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public speaking, media criticism, and oral traditions.
• 06Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• 07Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• 08Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• 09Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• 10Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
• 11Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• 12Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 4 research sources that scored Communications Teachers, Postsecondary for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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