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Jeffrey J. Selingo

Editor (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Jeffrey J. Selingo is an author and former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is author of College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students, and is a special adviser at Arizona State University, where he is the founder of the ASU-Georgetown University Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership..

He worked at The Chronicle in a variety of reporting and editing roles. His work has been honored with awards from the Education Writers Association, Society of Professional Journalists, and the Associated Press, and he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.

He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ithaca College and a master’s degree in government from the Johns Hopkins University. He has been a featured speaker before dozens of national higher-education groups and appears regularly on regional and national radio and television programs, including on NPR, PBS, ABC, MSNBC, and CBS. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Stories by This Author

The Review | Essay
By Jeffrey J. Selingo January 6, 2025
Overcoming demographic headwinds will require more than austerity.
The Review | Opinion
By Jeffrey J. Selingo January 19, 2024
Competition over amenities is over. The next battleground is technology.
The Review | Opinion
By Jeffrey J. Selingo October 24, 2022
It’s time to stop pretending the problem will fix itself.
The Review
By Michael M. Crow, Jeffrey J. Selingo October 13, 2021
It’s time to do away with obsolete categories like “R1.”
The Review
By Jeffrey J. Selingo March 10, 2021
What changes from this year will stick?
The Review
By Jeffrey J. Selingo July 16, 2020
It’s a mistake to prioritize opening up in the fall over improving online education.
Commentary
By Jeffrey J. Selingo February 16, 2020
To survive, colleges need to recruit a wider swath of students and connect their curriculum to the job market.
News
By Jeffrey J. Selingo October 31, 2018
A learning innovator shares a few approaches for engaging today’s students.
News
By Jeffrey J. Selingo October 21, 2018
Institutions that use online survey data to group students into segments can personalize campus services and put themselves on stronger financial footing.
The Review
By Jeffrey J. Selingo May 20, 2018
The taxonomy of academic majors that broadened significantly over the past hundred years can no longer keep pace with the churn of knowledge needed to compete in nearly every profession.