Why Data Will Rule Higher Education: Interview with LSU President F. King Alexander
LSU President F. King Alexander discusses the value of data, the CIO's role in higher education, and what educators need to understand about today's students.
Book Author and Columnist, Higher Education
Read BioJeffrey J. Selingo is a best-selling author and award-winning columnist who helps parents and higher-education leaders imagine the college and university of the future and how to succeed in a fast-changing economy.
His newest book, “There Is Life After College,” is a New York Times bestseller. Jeff is also the author of “College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students,” and “MOOC U: Who Is Getting the Most Out of Online Education and Why.”
A regular contributor to the Washington Post, Selingo is a special advisor and professor of practice at Arizona State University and a visiting scholar at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities. He is 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 writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Slate, and he is a contributor to LinkedIn, where you can follow his blog posts on higher education.
Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ithaca College and a master’s degree in government from the Johns Hopkins University.
LSU President F. King Alexander discusses the value of data, the CIO's role in higher education, and what educators need to understand about today's students.
Only one-third of college students go immediately into their chosen careers after graduation, while the rest will take several years or more to find their paths. Author Jeffrey J. Selingo identifies three things that lead to more immediate success.
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