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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaacz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: This book serves as an invaluable source volume concerning a problem that is fundamental to the future of our democratic society. . ... I truly believe that it can be said of men and women as well as of civilizations, Read or perish. T. H. BELL U.S. Secretary of Education A useful compendium that makes this point: People who will not read soon become people who cannot think. ... . WILLIAM SAFIRE Columnist, New York Times A provocative discussion of a hidden problem in our society: aliteracy. ... This monograph is recommended reading for anyone who cares about the future of American public education. ALBERT SHANKER President, American Federation of Teachers The question used to be, Why can't Johnny read? Now it's become, Why doesn't Johnny read, even when he can? An AEI symposium gives us a startling look at our nonreading culture. VERMONT ROYSTER Wall Street Journal Aliteracy: People Who Can Read But Won't, edited by Nick Thimmesch, addresses one of the critical issues of this decade. The decline of language skills in successive generations of high school students, the simplification of college textbooks, a diminished newspaper readership, the omnipresence of television-what effects will these have on our democratic way of life? Some see these trends as the loosened threads that will finally unravel the fabric of our society and move us closer to a world in which power will reside with a literate elite. Others point to contrary evidence-the near- eradication of illiteracy from the United States, a thriving magazine indus- try, the flood of new books, and an increased use of public libraries. In this volume, which presents the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, these issues are discussed in papers by: Dr. Robert M. Wilson, director of the Reading Center at the University of Maryland; Shirley Foutz, director of Educational Serv- ices of Richmond (Va.) Newspapers; Lynne Grasz, director of Commu- nications of the CBS Broadcast Group; Dr. John Campbell, professor of reading, Howard University; John Cole, director of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress; Townsend Hoopes, president of the Association of American Publishers; Kent Rhodes, president of the Magazine Publishers Association; and Vincent Reed, former superinten- dent of Washington, D.C., Public Schools. US $12.00 ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-2247-4 ISBN-10: 0-8447-2247-2 1,5 1200 9 780844 722474 Aliteracy People Who Can Read But Won't Edibed Iy Nick Timmesch

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