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Management & Leadership · Updated Aug 2026

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
68/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
58/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage82%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services.High
74
Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.Medium
68
Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports.Medium
72
Participate in student recruitment, selection, and admission, making admissions recommendations when required to do so.Medium
64
Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.Medium
58
Promote the university by participating in community, state, and national events or meetings, and by developing partnerships with industry and secondary education institutions.Medium
72
Establish operational policies and procedures and make any necessary modifications, based on analysis of operations, demographics, and other research information.Medium
72
Represent institutions at community and campus events, in meetings with other institution personnel, and during accreditation processes.Medium
74
Provide assistance to faculty and staff in duties such as teaching classes, conducting orientation programs, issuing transcripts, and scheduling events.Medium
55
Review registration statistics, and consult with faculty officials to develop registration policies.Medium
73
Design or use assessments to monitor student learning outcomes.High
57
Develop curricula, and recommend curricula revisions and additions.High
71
Appoint individuals to faculty positions, and evaluate their performance.High
73
Determine course schedules, and coordinate teaching assignments and room assignments to ensure optimum use of buildings and equipment.Medium
67
Review student misconduct reports requiring disciplinary action, and counsel students regarding such reports.Medium
63
Consult with government regulatory and licensing agencies to ensure the institution's conformance with applicable standards.Medium
74
Direct scholarship, fellowship, and loan programs, performing activities such as selecting recipients and distributing aid.Medium
73
Plan and promote sporting events and social, cultural, and recreational activities.Medium
72
Confer with other academic staff to explain and formulate admission requirements and course credit policies.Medium
65
Direct and participate in institutional fundraising activities, and encourage alumni participation in such activities.Medium
74
Coordinate the production and dissemination of university publications, such as course catalogs and class schedules.Medium
69
Write grants to procure external funding, and supervise grant-funded projects.Medium
73
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services.74
  2. Represent institutions at community and campus events, in meetings with other institution personnel, and during accreditation processes.74
  3. Consult with government regulatory and licensing agencies to ensure the institution's conformance with applicable standards.74
  4. Direct and participate in institutional fundraising activities, and encourage alumni participation in such activities.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services.01
  2. Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.02
  3. Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports.03
  4. Participate in student recruitment, selection, and admission, making admissions recommendations when required to do so.04
  5. Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency66
Physical dependency21
Adoption pressure51
Labour-market resilience60
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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