Help Your Teen Find Their College Fit with Jeff Selingo

Many teens overlook a range of potential college options. Many narrow their searches, based on factors like prestige and familiarity. The culture of prestige is real, and it can narrow college options that families consider. Join us with author of Dream School and higher education journalist Jeff Selingo to learn how to help your teen build a college list that starts with who they actually are. We’ll cover what “fit” means across academics, cost, culture, support, belonging, and career outcomes.  We’ll also discuss how to ask better questions without taking over the process entirely. Bring your questions, and leave with a clearer way to help your teen find their personal fit.

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Meet the Speaker: 

Jeff Selingo, Author, Dream School: Finding the College That's Right For You 

Jeff Selingo has written about colleges and universities for more than 25 years and is a New York Times bestselling author of four books. His latest, Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You (September 2025), draws on more than two years of research and a survey of some 3,000 parents to give families permission to think more broadly about what signals a “good” college and then the tools to discover their dream school. He is also the author of Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, named one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year in 2020.  

A regular contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, Jeff is a special advisor to the president and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He writes the biweekly newsletter Next and co-hosts the podcast Future U. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his family.