#common reading

[gloom-m-n-blog]

Some last minute meme before bed

[antonomase]

When three psychorigid women decide to do a common reading of the new Suzanne Collins' book...

One is already panicking to know the date of the picking up. (I'm proud to say that I had the good sense of saying to first wait for everyone to get it.)

[u100facultyfavorites]

The Driving Life And Death Of Philando Castile

Philando Castile spent his driving career trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of traffic stops, fines, court appearances, revocations and reinstatements, raising questions about bias, race and luck.

This NPR blog post from July 2016 could provide the opportunity for a very rich ethics discussion, with obvious connections to Between the World and Me. As usual, ethics and critical thinking go hand in hand here. The post also includes all kinds of data and many other kinds of evidence (chiefly quotations) which might allow for some information competence discussion, too. The police officer in this case was found not guilty in June 2017. I was going to suggest that you handle this with care; but I think it's equally right to say we might have a moral imperative to ask students and ourselves to think through this story. Up to you. (Submitted by Cheryl...)

[bookriot]

What’s interesting about Common Reading, though, is the potential conflict that it can inspire, particularly in terms of which book the university should choose. How do you choose a text that is important socially, that upholds the values of a college, that incites students to read and discuss AND makes faculty happy AND makes administrators happy? Other groups voice their opinion too, like when the National Association of Scholars was frustrated over the lack of classics used for Common Reading. This is a lot of expectation for a book, and commonly excessive responsibility for those assigned with choosing the book and developing the curriculum around it. This is especially true when writing classes are expected to incorporate the text as well. But, at the same time, there is such a fantastic idealism in the concept of mass intellectual understanding.

from The Sweet Idealism of Common Reading in College

[davidpotash]

First Year Reading - Read Anything Good Lately? And Why?

First Year Reading – Read Anything Good Lately? And Why?

Enter a four-year college today as a first year student and more often than not, you will be asked to participate in a common first year reading. It was not always so.

Shared readings have long been part of collegiate intellectual life. Over the past twenty plus years their use, especially in the first year, has exploded. Based in great part by the work of John Gardner, a driving force behind the

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[applytohamp]

is there "summer reading" or anything for incoming freshman?

Yes! Hampshire’s Common Reading for Fall 2013 is Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Hampshire alum Edward Humes 75F. We will be sending a copy of the book to all incoming students to read over the summer.

[sidebmagazine]

(via NPR Books)

NPR Books asks readers to recommend common reading books for this year's incoming college freshman.

What is a common reading? From Washington State University:

A single book is chosen by the university to be read by all freshmen and used in their courses and in special programs outside of classes, as well. Students' professors, residence hall staff, librarians, and others lend ideas and actions to bring to life topics raised in the book [...] The common reading introduces freshmen to ...

the value of research

the power of ideas, and

the various but related ways in which disciplines across the institution approach similar problems.

[jonathanvu]