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ERIC Number: EJ344176
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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A Book List and a "Common Text": Redeeming a Good Idea Gone Wrong.
McLaughlin, Marilou B.
College Teaching, v34 n4 p150-54 Fall 1986
A program is described that set out to improve/enlarge the reading background of entering students by asking them to read 5-10 specific books before coming to college, featuring one book each year as the "common text," and providing a number of special seminars and activities based on that text. (MLW)
Descriptors: Books, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Expectation, General Education, Higher Education, Literature, Prior Learning, Reading, Reading Assignments, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: State University of New York Cortland