
From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Generally, a student is offered scholarships or grants, and will be offered employment opportunities and loans when the first part of the financial aid package fails. The most recent batch of scholarships were sponsored by 155 colleges and universities spread across 42 states and the District of Columbia. Each financial aid package comprises grants, merit-based scholarships, work options and student loans.

He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. Scripps comes up with a financial aid package for each qualifying applicant. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott Jaschik, Editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. A renewable 5,000 a year scholarship for which all first-year admitted students who meet certain academic qualifications are considered.
