Jim Jump spent over three decades as a college counselor at a high school in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia. He prided himself on writing impassioned and personalized recommendation letters for his students. Now retired, he looks back over the hard work, and uncertainty, of recommending a young person. Read his op-ed for Inside Higher Ed. (November 2023)
Recommendation Letters Are an Art Form
FILE - Students gather outside Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., March 24, 2023.