True, hundreds of thousands of U.S. schools laid-off teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some may hope that those jobs will come back soon, the impact of technology advancement in the education field makes it more complicated. More teachers could lose their jobs due to the evolving environment in education. As artificial intelligence (AI) replaces analysts, AI could replace the necessity of many teachers. Teachers may need to adapt to the situation to continue teaching careers which may compel many of them to accept adjunct professors or part-time positions instead of full-time or tenure-track professors. Will they adapt to the changes, or can academic arrogance and complacency save teachers’ jobs in the evolving education environment?

The incorporation of modern technology in the educational field has made the process of
knowledge sharing and learning more interactive. The education field markedly transformed
within the last couple of years and it seems that the trend will continue in the next couple of
years too. If so, more teachers could lose their full-time jobs or work part-time positions
instead of full times. This will create a great impact on their jobs as well as salaries.

The education field has been revolutionized since the incorporation of modern technology.
Easy access to information, better presentation of information, more storage of information,
Animation software, PowerPoint presentations, projectors, screens, microphones, and
speakers have led to a larger number of students to be addressed simultaneously. The
exponential growth of internet-based institutions and a massive number of online courses
created an impact on teacher jobs as well as salaries.

Online education is not only more effective than traditional education methods, but it can also
be remarkably more cost-effective compared to traditional teaching tools such as printed
books or in-person classrooms. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, more universities are
currently offering online courses and sharing key information instantaneously with students
through their digital devices. This allows universities to reduce transportation costs, course
materials, professor salaries, and more. Because of the online resources, the overall cost of
education could go down, so universities may lose revenue, which in turn impacts full time
professor jobs.

From coding to web designing and history, the following major free online education resources offer free courses and programs on nearly every technical domain:

• Coursera
• EdX
• Skillshare
• Udemy
• Udacity
• Simplilearn
• Alison.com
• Khan Academy
• Codeacademy
• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Harvard Online Learning
• Open Culture Online Courses
• Stanford Online
• Open Yale Courses
• University of Oxford Podcasts
• TED-Ed
• LessonPaths
• Memrise

The advent of technology has made student life easier. Students seem to have the power of making learning choices than the traditional professor (teacher) made decisions. Students use different apps and software to make projects and presentations, instead of using paper and pen. An iPad is lighter as compared to a bundle of books and notebooks.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can drive personalization, efficiency, and streamline other study
tasks to allow students the freedom and time to learn skills according to their passion and
demand in the market. Additionally, massive open online courses (MOOCs) are making an
impact globally by providing free education to people across the globe and anyone can learn
from anywhere. Now, through e-commerce platforms, students have easy access to their
respective courses and lectures. They can avail the option of online reading or order books
through websites, for example, liberty books and Amazon. In short, it seems difficult that
Academic Arrogance and Complacency could save professors jobs in the evolving Education
environment, in which students have more opportunities to choose customized learning.