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Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?
Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. Many lack the necessary endurance to read long passages, and some question the point of reading at all. We explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it.
Guest: Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
Related Reading:
Is This the End of Reading? Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied.
Are You Assigning Too Much Reading? Or Just Too Much Boring Reading?
The Loss of Things I Took for Granted: Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively. (Slate)
For more, visit chronicle.com/collegematters.
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Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. Many lack the necessary endurance to read long passages, and some question the point of reading at all. We explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it.
Guest: Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
Related Reading:
Is This the End of Reading? Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied.
Are You Assigning Too Much Reading? Or Just Too Much Boring Reading?
The Loss of Things I Took for Granted: Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively. (Slate)
For more, visit chronicle.com/collegematters.
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