“Many students no longer arrive at college—even at highly selective, elite colleges—prepared to read books,” asserts Rose Horowitch in The Atlantic. She wrote that after interviewing a number of college professors. Read more here. (The article may require a subscription to read.)
PERSPECTIVES: If Reading is Fundamental, Why Are Many College Students Flummoxed by Book Assignments?
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