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Named one of LinkedIn’s must-know Influencers, Jeff is a New York Times bestselling author, higher education strategist on university innovation and leadership, and an award-winning writer. For more than two decades, Jeff has written about and provided in-depth analysis of colleges and universities in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on NPR, ABC, and CBS. His experience has given him a front-row seat to the $490-billion higher-education industry, making him a sought-after speaker and consultant on the future of higher education and university leadership. In addition to contributing to the Washington Post, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, he is a special advisor to the president at Arizona State University, where he leads the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership in partnership with Georgetown University. He was also a visiting scholar at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities until 2020, where he sat on the institution-wide Commission on Creating the Next in Higher Education. Jeff is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students (HMH, 2013) and There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow (HarperCollins, 2016). His third book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, was named one of the top 100 most notable books of the year by The New York Times. He is the former top editor of the nation's leading higher-education publication, The Chronicle of Higher Education, with operational, business development, and strategic experience. Previously, he was a reporter and editor at The Chronicle, and a reporter at various daily newspapers, including the Arizona Republic. Specialties: Storytelling, general management, product development and higher-education program design, analysis, strategy, media, future studies and predictions, design thinking, and marketing.