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Adrian Lenardic Archive

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic, “The Hypernormalized University”

"Hypernormalization a sign that a fault-line has opened beyond a critical limit. Higher education is now palliative care."
by Adrian Lenardic/ February 5, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY by A.J. Lenardic: When Bums-on-Seats Meets Misinformation

"Competition is the name of the game at the corporatized university. It’s the neoliberal dream: the market determines value."
by Adrian Lenardic/ June 6, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: A “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” Faculty Meeting Moment

We talk about resisting, but we wind up playing games.
by Adrian Lenardic/ November 19, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: “In the Court of the Neo-U”

Overnight, the administration started referring to itself as Executive Leadership. The word ‘administration’ was struck from all messaging . Then, the …
by Adrian Lenardic/ October 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: Practical Knowledge, Notes from the Front Line of Art-Science Crossover

I teach a "useless" class at a prestigious university.
by Adrian Lenardic/ August 23, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN LENARDIC: “Absurdities, Ironies, Hyper-Production and Artificial Bogeymen”

An expanded version of Letter to the Editor published in Nature.
by Adrian Lenardic/ July 18, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: I Have Ten Vice Presidents

"If you had told me ten years ago that passion could be taken out of university faculty members, I would …
by Adrian Lenardic/ June 8, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Fasting, Failure, and Addiction in Metrified Academia

Can we start ‘Metrification Obsessed Academics Anonymous’?
by Adrian Lenardic/ May 12, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: Raging Against The Mythical Figure Who Keeps Us Down (Not)

"We can move toward the self-realization that we are the system. If we rage, we rage against ourselves, against our …
by Adrian Lenardic/ April 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

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