College Students Show Serious Lack of Literacy Skills
Charleston Gazette › January 20, 2006
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WASHINGTON - Nearing a diploma, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food.
Those are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses, the first to target the skills of students as they approach the start of their careers.See the full content of this document
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College Students Show Serious Lack of Literacy Skills
More than 50 percent of students at four-year schools and more than 75 percent at two-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex literacy tasks.
That means they co...See the full content of this document
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