AI exposure: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate student instruction, administration, and services, as well as other research and educational activities, at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.
Reading this score
computed36.8% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Education Administrators, Postsecondary at the 64th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.6 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 27 tasks it averages 2.14 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Provide assistance to faculty and staff in duties such as teaching classes, conducting..., at 76.7%. The least is Participate in faculty and college committee activities, at 0.0%. A gap of 76.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 45 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 27 tasks, 20 are currently banded exposed, 3 assisted and 4 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
27 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide assistance to faculty and staff in duties such as teaching classes, conducting orientation programs, issuing transcripts, and scheduling events. | 76.7% | 23.3% | 0.0% | 3.78 | exposed |
| Determine course schedules, and coordinate teaching assignments and room assignments to ensure optimum use of buildings and equipment. | 76.7% | 23.3% | 0.0% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Prepare reports on academic or institutional data. | 61.3% | 26.2% | 12.5% | 3.74 | exposed |
| Review registration statistics, and consult with faculty officials to develop registration policies. | 61.3% | 26.2% | 12.5% | 3.52 | exposed |
| Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports. | 58.3% | 29.2% | 12.5% | 3.84 | exposed |
| Formulate strategic plans for the institution. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.81 | exposed |
| Confer with other academic staff to explain and formulate admission requirements and course credit policies. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.46 | exposed |
| Develop curricula, and recommend curricula revisions and additions. | 47.5% | 27.5% | 25.0% | 4.19 | exposed |
| Write grants to procure external funding, and supervise grant-funded projects. | 47.5% | 27.5% | 25.0% | 3.06 | exposed |
| Establish operational policies and procedures and make any necessary modifications, based on analysis of operations, demographics, and other research information. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.79 | exposed |
| Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.90 | exposed |
| Consult with government regulatory and licensing agencies to ensure the institution's conformance with applicable standards. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.91 | exposed |
| Participate in student recruitment, selection, and admission, making admissions recommendations when required to do so. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.86 | exposed |
| Direct and participate in institutional fundraising activities, and encourage alumni participation in such activities. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.19 | exposed |
| Plan and promote sporting events and social, cultural, and recreational activities. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 2.96 | exposed |
| Design or use assessments to monitor student learning outcomes. | 35.4% | 27.1% | 37.5% | 4.07 | exposed |
| Review student misconduct reports requiring disciplinary action, and counsel students regarding such reports. | 33.3% | 29.2% | 37.5% | 3.54 | exposed |
| Recruit, hire, train, and terminate departmental personnel. | 27.2% | 31.1% | 41.7% | 3.98 | assisted |
| Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.25 | exposed |
| Direct scholarship, fellowship, and loan programs, performing activities such as selecting recipients and distributing aid. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.19 | exposed |
| Coordinate the production and dissemination of university publications, such as course catalogs and class schedules. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.12 | exposed |
| Appoint individuals to faculty positions, and evaluate their performance. | 22.9% | 39.6% | 37.5% | 4.21 | assisted |
| Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations. | 21.7% | 28.3% | 50.0% | 3.94 | assisted |
| Teach courses within their department. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.57 | untouched |
| Represent institutions at community and campus events, in meetings with other institution personnel, and during accreditation processes. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 3.77 | untouched |
| Promote the university by participating in community, state, and national events or meetings, and by developing partnerships with industry and secondary education institutions. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 3.71 | untouched |
| Participate in faculty and college committee activities. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.67 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.57 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.36 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.51 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.17 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.14 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.54 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.