Back from the Beach: Common Reading on the Rise at Top Colleges

Ashley Thorne

Last week NAS released a new list of books colleges assign as common reading. It includes over 100 additions and updates to the original (Beach Books), making it the most comprehensive and current resource on campus common reading in 2010. Our major finding this time: 93% of top universities have common reading programs. Click here to read the report. Click here to view the updated list.

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