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“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/

PERSPECTIVES: Review of New Campus-Based Film, “Master”

"It is a tricky proposition to be "in" but not "of" an oppressive culture."
by Frank Fear/ April 14, 2022/ Film review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Don’t Look Up” Puts Mirror to Society, Asks “Like What You See?”

Don't Look Up! could very well be entitled, "Just Look Around." It is not a pretty sight.
by Frank Fear/ January 29, 2022/ Film review, Neoliberalism, Society/

Here’s the Right Move for America’s Major Sports-Playing Universities

Major college football & basketball are exciting, but what they don't do is connect well to higher education's mission and …
by Frank Fear/ November 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Oral History Explores a Program and Time When Major College Football Aligned with Higher Education’s Values and Mission

And They Lived Their Lives Accordingly: A Football Story chronicles the lives and experiences–then and since–of players and coaches associated with …
by Frank Fear/ November 18, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: College Football Season Is Here. So Is The Wall Street Journal’s “Grid of Shame”

The 2021 version was released on Friday, and here is the conference by conference breakdown.
by Frank Fear/ September 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

Netflix’s “The Chair” — Stick With It Until the End

Being an academic is not just something one does. It is very much who one is.
by Frank Fear/ August 22, 2021/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Remembering Tom Edens

Friend and colleague Thomas Charles Edens, Michigan State University professor, left this world on March 15, 2020. Because of the …
by Frank Fear/ August 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

Job Posting: Higher Education Leaders Driven by ‘Eulogy Virtues’

It is limiting to think about Neoliberalism only as a macro-level socioeconomic and political force. It also has a major …
by Frank Fear/ June 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Podcast, Society, Video/

Remembering Paul A. Miller: Leadership for the Public Good

Paul A Miller played various roles in a career that spanned over 70 years, including County Extension agent, faculty member …
by Frank Fear/ June 13, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

I Stumbled Upon ‘Neoliberalism’ and It Captured My Attention

My ongoing education to understand and respond to Neoliberalism in Higher Education continues with the book, Neoliberalism and Academic Repression.
by Frank Fear/ May 27, 2021/ Books, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Former MSU VP, Now Chancellor at UC Riverside, Takes Aim at Knotty Issue–Funding Intercollegiate Athletics

On this metric, Riverside doesn’t want to be #1 in the country.  
by Frank Fear/ May 12, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/
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