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October 2, 2018

PRESS RELEASE: Study Finds College Common Reading Programs Indoctrinate Students

National Association of Scholars

Beach Books 2017-2018 is the eighth installment of NAS's survey of common reading programs. 

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May 24, 2017

College Common Readings Designed to Make Activists, Study Finds

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS releases Beach Books 2016-2017: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class? The annual study surveys the strength of college common reading across the United States.

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February 9, 2016

Progressive Propaganda for Captive Collegians, Study Finds

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS publishes a new edition of its comprehensive study of freshman summer reading, Beach Books 2014-2016: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?.

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October 21, 2014

Lite Lit for College Comers, Study Finds

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has released Beach Books 2013-2014, its fourth annual study of common reading programs at American colleges and universities.

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August 19, 2013

“Common Readings” at Colleges Uncommonly Political, Scholars Find

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has released Beach Books 2012-2013, its third annual study of common reading programs at American colleges and universities.

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