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Best-Selling Author to Discuss Future of Higher Education

Jeff Selingo, a leading authority on higher education worldwide and editor-at-large of the Chronicle of Higher Education, will give a presentation at Saint Louis University this month as part of the “Conversations for the Decade Ahead” speakers series this academic year.

Jeff Selingo
Jeff Selingo

Selingo is the author of three books, including the New York Times bestseller, There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow. 

He is also the former top editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education, where he worked for 16 years in a variety of reporting and editing roles. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic, among other leading outlets. 

Additionally, Selingo is the founding director of the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership at Arizona State University in partnership with Georgetown University. To learn more about him, visit jeffselingo.com. 

At SLU, Selingo will discuss the future of higher education. His presentation, which will include a Q&A session, begins at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium of John and Lucy Cook Hall. A meet-and-greet reception will follow in the Cook Hall atrium. 

The presentation and reception are open to all members of the SLU community. Faculty from other area colleges and universities are welcome to attend as well.

For more information about Selingo’s presentation or the ongoing speakers series, contact Doug Williams, Professor of Law and Co-Leader of the Operational Excellence Program, at doug.williams@slu.edu or 314-977-5793.

About “Conversations for the Decade Ahead 

One of the “Transforming SLU” initiatives, the speakers series features national experts in higher education, and is designed to engage faculty, staff and students in a year of community-wide conversations about the rapidly changing environment of academia. The “Conversations for the Decade Ahead” web page includes materials from previous presentations and a growing library of articles about higher education.