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Higher education
fromFuturism
4 days ago

Bosses Horrified as "AI Native" College Graduates Hit the Workplace

AI use in colleges is linked to declining critical thinking and literacy, with employers seeking critical thinking over AI-literate STEM skills.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

From Peepo! to Middlemarch: 25 books to read before you turn 25

Children's reading for pleasure has significantly declined, with only one in five reading daily, prompting concerns about a post-literate age.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

What It Means to Be American

Younger generations have lost faith in American institutions due to nearly two decades of economic turmoil, which has led to a significant rise in populism across the United States.
Books
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Fewer people are now reading for pleasure - just how worried should we be?

With literacy rates declining across OECD countries, building healthy habits around books is truly essential. Allowing reading at dinner started as one of those on-the-spot parental solutions. Letting them have a copy of Bunny Vs Monkey or The Beano while they ate seemed like a more ethical solution for keeping them in their chairs for the duration of the meal than, say, duct tape.
Books
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Last year I read 137 books': could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book?

Public tracking and gamified reading goals risk turning reading into a competitive, metric-driven activity that can undermine enjoyment, deep engagement and sustainable reading habits.
Higher education
fromFortune
4 months ago

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence-professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates | Fortune

College students increasingly lack basic sentence-level reading skills, forcing professors to lower expectations and adopt remedial pedagogies.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

The Guardian view on the National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life | Editorial

Shared early reading boosts happiness, educational success, empathy and social mobility and must be expanded due to falling child reading rates and limited parental reading.
Education
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Stephen Fry launches campaign to boost reading for pleasure

The Pleasure List will compile irresistible book recommendations to entice reluctant readers and help reverse declining reading-for-pleasure and literacy rates in the UK.
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