The National Endowment for the Arts has a new report with essentially one conclusion - we're not reading like we used to.
Some statistics:
- In 2002, only 52 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24, the college years, read a book voluntarily, down from 59 percent in 1992.
- The number of adults with bachelor's degrees and "proficient in reading prose" dropped from 40 percent in 1992 to 31 percent in 2003.
The report is further discussed here, as part of the NEA News Room.
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