Common Reading Programs: Trends, Traps, Tips (10.1007/s12129-015-9497-9)
Ashley Thorne, National Association of Scholars
In the first entry of this issue’s special section, “Common Readings, Uncommon Conversations,” Ashley Thorne discusses the findings of the 2013–2014 edition of Beach Books: What Do Colleges and Universities Want Students to Read Outside Class? NAS’s annual study of common reading programs. She closes with recommendations for reading selections and good practices for choosing books and administering a common reading program.
Better Beach Books (10.1007/s12129-015-9492-1)
David Clemens, Bruce Cole, Elizabeth Corey, Will Fitzhugh, Dana Gioia, Nathan Harden, David Lyle Jeffrey, Alan Charles Kors, Daphne Patai, R.R. Reno, Charles E. Rounds Jr., Diana J. Schaub, and Bruce S. Thornton
NAS’s Beach Books 2013–2014finds that the books chosen for college common reading programs are frequently trendy and undemanding. We asked a variety of
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