Why Aren’t Students Reading? From the Chronicle

Graham Vyse, Why Aren’t Students Reading?  The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2025.

It’s hard to get today’s college students to read.

Many are unable — or unwilling — to do it, especially if they’re assigned longer texts. When they are reading, they’re struggling with comprehension and analysis. Professors say it’s much worse than what they’ve encountered with students in the past.

What’s causing this change? And how are instructors responding to it? Watch our explainer to understand the confluence of factors shaping Generation Z’s reading habits — and why higher ed is having to rethink longstand assumptions about how to impart knowledge. (For a deeper dive into this issue, read “Is This the End of Reading?” by The Chronicle’s Beth McMurtrie.)

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The video was created and animated by Crudo Creative. Carmen Mendoza, the senior web producer at The Chronicle, directed the project, and Maura Mahoney, a Chronicle senior editor, contributed to production.

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Neville Buch

Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.

Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.

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