This review article surveys recent studies of the state of and challenges to academic labor in the ongoing regime of academic capitalism, corporate managerialism, and neoliberalism in colleges and universities in the United States, Europe, and select other countries around the world. Some works analyze changing funding models, accountability mechanisms, and forms of administrative power, while others explore the discourses pervading higher education and impacting the self-understanding of academics. Higher education administrators, boards of trustees, and politicians have sought to create flexible and inexpensive academic labor. New studies explore the three main strategies pursued: the failed effort to promote Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the proliferation of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs), and the continuing expansion of contingent labor, full and part time. Other works analyze the innovative unionization efforts on the part of contingent faculty and graduate teaching assistants.

这篇评论文章调查了最近对美国、欧洲和世界其他国家高校中学术资本主义、公司管理主义和新自由主义制度的学术劳动状况和挑战的研究。一些著作分析了不断变化的资助模式、问责机制和行政权力的形式，而另一些著作则探讨了高等教育中普遍存在并影响学者自我理解的话语。高等教育管理者、董事会和政治家一直在寻求创造灵活且廉价的学术劳动力。新的研究探讨了所追求的三个主要战略：推广大规模开放在线课程 (MOOC) 的失败努力、营利性学院和大学 (FPCU) 的激增、以及全职和兼职临时工的持续扩张。其他作品分析了临时教师和研究生助教的创新工会努力。