They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school ...

After 125 years or so of being the most collectively Joe College nation on Earth, many Americans have turned sour on the idea that a higher education — or at least the four years we have ...

Teachers have shifted away from assigning whole books before students ever reach college. Only 17% of third-to-eighth-grade teachers said they primarily teach whole texts, a recent EdWeek Research ...

Many students no longer arrive at college—even at highly selective, elite colleges—prepared to read books. Explore the November 2024 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next ...

New College of Florida students, activists and alumni pick through discarded books on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Sarasota, Fla. [ STEVEN WALKER | AP ] ...

Several university professors expressed concerns to the Atlantic about students who come to college unable to read full-length books. Assistant editor Rose Horowitch spoke to several teachers from ...

That, the $200 monthly check my (sainted) mother sent me and the $15 a week I made for writing for the student newspaper covered everything: rent, books, meals, beer, whatnot. Undergraduate bliss.

Elite college educators described being shocked at finding students in their classes unprepared to read full books in a piece from The Atlantic Tuesday.

After 125 years or so of being the most collectively Joe College nation on Earth, many Americans have turned sour on the idea that a higher education — or at least the four years we have traditionally ...