Jeff Selingo
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Jeff Selingo (FAN ’20, ’21, ’22, ’25) has written about colleges and universities for more than two and a half decades and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. His book Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions takes readers inside the admissions offices of three selective universities and was named among the 100 Notable Books of the year by the New York Times. His 2025 book, Dream School: Finding The College That’s Right For You, is based on two-plus years of research and an original survey of 3,500 parents. It was an instant New York Times bestseller.
A regular contributor to The Atlantic, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal, Selingo is a special advisor to the president and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He also writes a bi-weekly newsletter on all things higher ed called Next and co-hosts the podcast, Future U.
Speaker's Events
Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You (Event 2 of 2)
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
College and Career Services Coordinator at Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You (Event 1 of 2)
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Superintendent of Lake Forest School Districts 67 and 115 in Illinois
Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University
Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price
Inaugural faculty director of the Newbury Center and associate professor of higher education leadership at Boston University
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Who Gets In and Why: Inside College Admissions
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Director of Undergraduate Admissions at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mapping Your College Search: Finding the Right Fit at the Right Price
"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
The Joan Feitler ’49 Co-Director of College Counseling at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Staff writer for The Atlantic and author, The State Must Provide
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal