Frederic J. Fransen

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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]

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  2. "Donor Advising, Research, & Educational Services" . Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  3. "The Center for Excellence in Higher Education" . Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  4. "Giving Thought to Donor Intent". Inside Higher Ed. 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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  6. "Ralston College" . Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  7. "Biography of Frederic J. Fransen". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-06-04.