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Jeffrey Selingo

Washington, D.C.

Contributor at The Washington Post

NYT bestselling author. Bylines: @NYTimes @NYMag @TheAtlantic @WSJ. Advisor, @ASU. Founder, @AcademyHigherEd. Editor, Next newsletter. Co-host, @futureupodcast.

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  • 1 month ago | jeffselingo.com | Jeffrey Selingo

    The call for transformation in higher education has never been louder, yet the path forward remains unclear for many institutions. Leaders often struggle with the “how” of meaningful change. This five-part playbook by higher education author and strategist Jeff Selingo as well as other experts draws on proven methodologies to provide clear, actionable guidance from mapping current institutional culture to sustaining long-term momentum.

  • Jan 6, 2025 | chronicle.com | Jeffrey Selingo |Lee Gardner

    March will mark the fifth anniversary of when college campuses — and nearly everything else in our lives — shut down because of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. While some things that stopped overnight have come roaring back to normal, other things feel stuck in a new normal. Downtown offices remain persistently vacant. Malls are eerily empty.

  • Jun 24, 2024 | nymag.com | Jeffrey Selingo

    Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. When Molly started the college search with her oldest child last year, she was afraid her family would fall into the “donut hole” of tuition finances — where they made too much to qualify for need-based financial aid but not enough to easily pay for college out of pocket.

  • Mar 19, 2024 | nymag.com | Jeffrey Selingo

    Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Nearly every weekday morning during the winter months, Christoph Guttentag blocks off four hours on his schedule for reading. The task: helping to sort through the 48,000 applications that have arrived for regular-decision admission to Duke University. Even the veteran dean of admissions at Duke, in his job since 1992 and leading a staff of 40, is not exempt. “Ten before ten” is his goal each morning.

  • Mar 19, 2024 | nymag.com | Jeffrey Selingo

    Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Nearly every weekday morning during the winter months, Christoph Guttentag blocks off four hours on his schedule for reading. The task: helping to sort through the 48,000 applications that have arrived for regular-decision admission to Duke University.

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Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
15 Apr 25

"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined," writes @crampell https://t.co/QoK6hrA458

Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
10 Apr 25

🔭 Higher ed is often criticized for being siloed. Leaders are heads down that they don’t have time to look up and out. That’s why later this month, I’ll be doing a flyover of the state of higher ed. 👉 Register to join us live or to get a recording: https://t.co/mZ72sYB1LZ https://t.co/sgVa5hIJYz

Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
3 Apr 25

Yes, higher ed is facing a demographic cliff — of traditional-aged students. But one overlooked opportunity are the 37 million Americans with some college but no degree. We'll be talking about how to re-engage them on the "Next Office Hour": https://t.co/fOjlDRdFmw https://t.co/GquaIjsDIU