Monday, November 19, 2007

Americans Closing the Book on Reading

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 scheduled for release today 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. This is not true of the Goodwin community; our library statistics show a continued increase in circulation.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Educaton Novemberr 19

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