Frederic J. Fransen
Frederic John Fransen (born 1965) is an American academic. Although he first came to prominence as the author of The Supranational Politics of Jean Monnet, a study of Monnet's critical contributions to the foundations of the European Union,[1] Fransen has in more recent years been more widely known as a consultant to—and advocate for—major donors to institutions of higher education in the United States. Both in his role as a provider of advice to clients (principally through his Indianapolis-based consultancy "Donor Advising, Research, & Educational Services")[2] and in a more public way in his capacity as Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education,[3] he has to a significant degree raised awareness of the problem that gifts to colleges and universities are at times used in ways that are not in accordance with the intentions of the donors.[4][5] Fransen also writes and speaks on the need for more general structural reform in higher education. He serves in addition as a Visitor of Ralston College, a start-up liberal arts college in Savannah.[6] He holds a doctorate in Social Thought from the University of Chicago and was formerly the Director of Higher Education Programs at The Philanthropy Roundtable and a Senior Fellow of the Liberty Fund.[7]
See also
[edit]- Philanthropy in the United States
- Higher education in the United States
- History of the European Union
References
[edit]- ^ "The Supranational Politics of Jean Monnet: Ideas and Origins of the European Community". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Donor Advising, Research, & Educational Services". Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "The Center for Excellence in Higher Education". Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Giving Thought to Donor Intent". Inside Higher Ed. 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Frederic Fransen". 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Ralston College". Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ "Biography of Frederic J. Fransen". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
External links
[edit]- The Center for Excellence in Higher Education
- Donor Advising, Research, & Educational Services
- The Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago
- Summa Cum Philanthropy by Frederic J. Fransen Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- An Interview with Frederic J. Fransen
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