Will AI take my college professor job?

What this score means for College Professor.

The College Professor role sits in the mixed-exposure band. Multiple high-value tasks are reachable by current models; others remain firmly human. Senior practitioners who learn to direct AI tools will get more leverage. Mid-career professionals should plan a deliberate upskilling cycle in the next 12 months. Over the next 5 years the score is projected to drift down by 7 points based on the education vertical's drift rate. Quarterly recomputes track the actual change.

The four signals.

All four are weighted into the composite. See the formula →

What to do this quarter.

The single highest-leverage move for someone in this role this quarter:

AI-assisted lesson-planning and feedback tools tailored for instructors.

The free 12-week email plan above expands this into a sequenced plan. The $19 personalized roadmap goes further: ranked tools, credential-value shifts, pivot scenarios, and quarter-by-quarter targets for the next 12 months.

Other roles in Education.

Sources for this score.

• Anthropic Economic Index — March 2026 release, used for intensity and automation/augmentation share. huggingface.co/datasets/Anthropic/EconomicIndex
• Eloundou et al. (2023) — α and β exposure scores. arXiv:2303.10130
• BLS O*NET 28.0 — task and skill taxonomy. onetcenter.org/database
• BLS Occupational Employment Statistics — occupation classification and SOC code. bls.gov/oes