Several university professors expressed concerns to The Atlantic about students who come to college unable to read full-length books.
Assistant editor Rose Horowitch spoke to several teachers from elite schools like Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford, who each described the phenomenon of students being overwhelmed by the prospect of reading entire books.
Columbia University humanities professor Nicholas Dames described feeling "bewildered" when a first-year student told him that she had never been required to read a full book at her public high school.
"My jaw dropped," Dames said.
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The total undergraduate cost of attendance (at Stanford) for full-tuition-paying families will be $82,406 in the 2023-24 academic year, with $61,731 for tuition and $19,922 for standard room and board.