
Jeffrey J. Selingo
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 professor of practice at Arizona State University.
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
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The Review | Opinion
How to Stanch Enrollment Loss
It’s time to stop pretending the problem will fix itself. -
The Review
The Way We Classify Colleges Is All Wrong
It’s time to do away with obsolete categories like “R1.” -
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The Review
Plexiglass Won’t Save Us
It’s a mistake to prioritize opening up in the fall over improving online education. -
Commentary
Colleges Need to Rethink Their Market — and Maybe Their Mission
To survive, colleges need to recruit a wider swath of students and connect their curriculum to the job market. -
News
Self-Directed Learning and Augmented Reality: How to Teach Gen Z
A learning innovator shares a few approaches for engaging today’s students. -
News
Here’s What Today’s Students Want From College
Institutions that use online survey data to group students into segments can personalize campus services and put themselves on stronger financial footing. -
The Review
It’s Time to End College Majors as We Know Them
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. -
News
Help Your Students Succeed by Building Spaces Where They Can Talk With Professors
The traditional faculty office, tucked away in a different building, doesn’t lend itself to casual conversation after class. But there are spaces that do. -
Commentary
Networked U.’s: This Is What Will Save Higher Ed
Through technology, multiple institutions can link together to deliver essential services at a discount.