Rose Horowitz

I spoke with 33 professors, and the majority of them said that they noticed a clear change in their students in the last 10 years. This is Atlantic assistant editor Rose Horowitz. A Columbia professor said that his students are overwhelmed at the thought of reading multiple books a semester, that they struggle to attend to small details while keeping track of the overall plot.

I spoke with 33 professors, and the majority of them said that they noticed a clear change in their students in the last 10 years. This is Atlantic assistant editor Rose Horowitz. A Columbia professor said that his students are overwhelmed at the thought of reading multiple books a semester, that they struggle to attend to small details while keeping track of the overall plot.

I spoke with 33 professors, and the majority of them said that they noticed a clear change in their students in the last 10 years. This is Atlantic assistant editor Rose Horowitz. A Columbia professor said that his students are overwhelmed at the thought of reading multiple books a semester, that they struggle to attend to small details while keeping track of the overall plot.

A professor at the University of Virginia told me that his students shut down when they're confronted with ideas they don't understand. And the chair of Georgetown's English department said that his students' struggle to focus comes up even when they're reading a 14-line sonnet.

A professor at the University of Virginia told me that his students shut down when they're confronted with ideas they don't understand. And the chair of Georgetown's English department said that his students' struggle to focus comes up even when they're reading a 14-line sonnet.

A professor at the University of Virginia told me that his students shut down when they're confronted with ideas they don't understand. And the chair of Georgetown's English department said that his students' struggle to focus comes up even when they're reading a 14-line sonnet.

You know, students are really arriving in college struggling to read books in a way that they were not a decade ago.

You know, students are really arriving in college struggling to read books in a way that they were not a decade ago.

You know, students are really arriving in college struggling to read books in a way that they were not a decade ago.

That was what the professors were saying, that it really showed up when they were asking their students to kind of attend to something longer and that it just seemed like something that, you know, they were unaccustomed to.

That was what the professors were saying, that it really showed up when they were asking their students to kind of attend to something longer and that it just seemed like something that, you know, they were unaccustomed to.

That was what the professors were saying, that it really showed up when they were asking their students to kind of attend to something longer and that it just seemed like something that, you know, they were unaccustomed to.

Well, I spoke with one professor who used to teach a survey course on American literature, and then now he teaches short works of American prose. That's very specific.

Well, I spoke with one professor who used to teach a survey course on American literature, and then now he teaches short works of American prose. That's very specific.

Well, I spoke with one professor who used to teach a survey course on American literature, and then now he teaches short works of American prose. That's very specific.

And he did see some advantages to that. He was talking about how it is nice sometimes to really go deeper into a shorter text, but he was also talking about how you do have to change with the times and with what your students are showing up able to do.

And he did see some advantages to that. He was talking about how it is nice sometimes to really go deeper into a shorter text, but he was also talking about how you do have to change with the times and with what your students are showing up able to do.

And he did see some advantages to that. He was talking about how it is nice sometimes to really go deeper into a shorter text, but he was also talking about how you do have to change with the times and with what your students are showing up able to do.

Well, definitely smartphones and social media and the fact that people's attention is just constantly pulled in many different directions. So they just don't get the practice or kind of accustomed to focusing on smartphones. Thank you so much for having me.

Well, definitely smartphones and social media and the fact that people's attention is just constantly pulled in many different directions. So they just don't get the practice or kind of accustomed to focusing on smartphones. Thank you so much for having me.