Frank Fear, Author at Future U

Frank Fear Archive

COMMENTARY by Frank Fear: How Fascism Supercharged Neoliberalism and Changed America

A swarm of cockroaches are invited into living quarters and treated like house pets.

by Frank Fear/ November 17, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY by Frank Fear: Revisiting H.L. Mencken in the Age of Trump

"An iconoclast of epic proportions, Mencken delighted in holding a mirror to society."

by Frank Fear/ November 14, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: Authoritarians Render Havoc Across Sectors, Including Higher Education

Anand Giridharadas: “America stares openly at an anti-democratic movement, flirts with fascism, and talks about dictatorship. Half of America says, …

by Frank Fear/ September 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

COMMENTARY: The Hijacking of Public Higher Education

When political advocates impose their preferred perspectives and outcomes on higher education, the result is a hijack."

by Frank Fear/ June 11, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PODCAST: Samuel H. Johnson Talks about His New Book, “HBCUs The Living Legacies”

"HBCU's The Living Legacies" is a children's book designed to introduce young people to HBCU founders.

by Frank Fear/ September 22, 2023/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Society/

COMMENTARY: Shame on the College Football Industry

"Schools jumped conferences for one reason only--to get a bigger slice of the media money pie.

by Frank Fear/ August 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: “Lucky Hank” Fails to Dramatize Today’s Siege on Higher Education

"AMC's, Lucky Hank, is based on the novel Straight Man (1997), which was released during a different era of higher …

by Frank Fear/ June 7, 2023/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

“I Used to Know What It Meant to Say, “College” and “University” (but) Today I Do Not”

The allure of longstanding concepts. The same words with expanded frames of reference.

by Frank Fear/ January 11, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

College Football’s Bowl System Has Always Been a Matter of Extremes

College football bowl access was overly restrictive decades ago, and today it has morphed in the opposite direction. Neither option …

by Frank Fear/ December 31, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Mo Money’ is Tagline in Major College Football

Major football schools are all-in to play THAT game--a money game.

by Frank Fear/ July 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Higher Education Story, An Olympics Story, and Much More: Spotlight on Stanford & 2012 Olympian, Cassidy Krug

Cassidy sat down with Frank Fear for this 30-minute interview. (Published in collaboration with The Sports Column https://www.thesportscol.com/).

by Frank Fear/ May 29, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

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