What professors are saying about the Collegiate Readership Program:

CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY

"Although students today are bombarded with technology as a means of information, being able to read a newspaper during the day allows them to control to some extent when and how they receive that information. It is a great ice breaker at the beginning of each class (did you know…) while allowing the students to determine what they wish to read each day. Students tell me that they like to follow a particular column or section of the paper each day and that allows for continuity over time." 

- Dr. Susan Davis, Professor, School of Business

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

"I have students bring a copy of the Money section from an assigned day, and in groups of five identify ten trends related to the labor market using evidence from the news. They read book reviews from the Money Bookshelf from which they are to select a book and prepare a report."

Rich Feller, Professor, School of Education

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

"The week after the Readership Program began at Syracuse University, I saw a USA TODAY story on the terrorist attack on a schoolhouse in Russia nearly move one student to tears. The reporter’s account inspired a pre-class conversation about the news that I had nothing to do with. It’s a professor’s dream come true. The program is slowly changing students’ habits simply by putting the newspaper in front of them every day, giving them the opportunity to make their own choice to pick up the news, rather than via a teacher mandate."

- Steve Davis, Chair, Newspaper Department,  S.I. Newhouse School