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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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  • 2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Jeffrey Selingo

    The first day of May has long been one of the most important dates on the college-admissions calendar: the official deadline for high-school seniors to make the big choice of where to enroll the following fall. A decade ago, former First Lady Michelle Obama anointed it "College Signing Day" with a nod to the anticipation around top athletic recruits committing to Division I programs. For both teenagers and colleges, the tradition and expectations were fixed.

  • 2 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Jeffrey Selingo |Michael Horn |James Kvaal

    With higher education policy increasingly driven by executive action, Michael and Jeff explore why Congress has been largely absent from the conversation—and what that means for students and institutions.

  • 2 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Jeffrey Selingo |Michael Horn |James Kvaal

    Multimedia Higher Ed on the Hill: Getting College Back on the Congressional Agenda Post House Republicans’ Proposed Repayment Plan Fixes Vexing Student Loan Problem Post Six Ways College Trustees Can Improve Their Students’ ROI Op-Ed Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs Op-Ed The One Question Every Future College Student Should Ask Post State Governments Could Do More to Hire for Skills, Not Degrees Post Congress’s Unique Opportunity to Fix Federal Student Loans...

  • 2 weeks ago | aei.org | Brent Orrell |Preston Cooper |Jeffrey Selingo |Michael Horn

    Post Those College Grad, Knowledge Economy Blues (And What to Do About Them) Multimedia Higher Ed on the Hill: Getting College Back on the Congressional Agenda Post Colleges Must Help Return Student Borrowers to Repayment Op-Ed Trump’s Funding Axe Triggers a Convenient Free Speech Cry from Presidents and Deans Post No, Republicans Aren’t Forcing Most Students to Pay Loans for 30 Years Post Six Ways College Trustees Can Improve Their Students’ ROI Post Could A Higher Endowment Tax Pressure...

  • 2 months 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.

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Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
23 May 25

Poaching of seniors who committed elsewhere this year. Syracuse offered some families $20K, $30K/year. “They wouldn’t play ball with us for months but then they dropped a sack of 80 grand on us,” one dad told me. That's when he decided to negotiate more. https://t.co/OZpaRn8tl8

Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
11 May 25

RT @ScribnerBooks: Struggling with the high-stakes college admissions game? 🎓 Jeff Selingo’s (@jselingo) DREAM SCHOOL (out 9/9) is the must…

Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo @jselingo
2 May 25

With #highered as the lead story almost every day, I'm looking forward to moderating two sessions @MilkenInstitute next week: presidents of @Stanford, @dartmouth, @UCSanDiego, @yeshiva , ETS, followed by a one-on-one interview with Bill Ackman. Audio to drop @futureupodcast https://t.co/kFoBdctHsn