Ways to 'Rescue' Reading

To the Editor:

I read with great interest Jennifer Howard's article on the recent National Endowment for the Arts report concerning declines in reading proficiency and in reading as a leisure activity ("Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds" (Hot Type, The Chronicle, November 30).

Between 2005 and 2007, I was engaged in a project called "Rescuing Reading: A Community College Response to the National Endowment for the Arts Report, Reading at Risk." Supported by

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