Fri, 30 November 2007 Jason and I discuss the following article from The Chronicle and what the report "To Read or Not to Read" from the NEA means for professors. Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds By JENNIFER HOWARD Americans aren't just reading fewer books, but are reading less and less of everything, in any medium. That's the doleful conclusion of "To Read or Not to Read," a report released last week by the National Endowment for the Arts. Subtitled "A Question of National Consequence," the report piles on the bad news delivered by "Reading at Risk," the NEA's 2004 warning about the nation's rapidly declining literacy.... Programming Note: The podcast will return in January after taking December off for Winter Break. Comments[0] |
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