Migrant Mindworkers and the New Division of Academic Labor. Issue 3 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ovetz, Robert; Newfield, Marcia; Berry, Joe; Kroik, Polina
• Is Part Of: Working USA. Volume 18:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 331
• Page End: 347
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Labor unions -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; Working class -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor -- United States -- Periodicals; Working class -- United States -- Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.1111/wusa.12184
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1089-7011

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The reorganization of higher education has been made possible by a new division of labor that is rationalizing and deskilling college teaching. These new relations of academic labor are disempowering the professorate by transferring control over teaching to a growing middle management and automating it as online distance learning. In order to respond to this threat to higher education, it is necessary to shift the focus from the commercialization of higher education to the adjunctification of the professorate. This requires a critical rethinking of organizational tactics, strategies, and objectives of academic labor organizing.</p> </abstract>