COMMUNICATION Reading for Work: Reviving a Neglected Communication Skill

College instructors often complainthat students do not readtextbooks and instead prefer to use their own cryptic PowerPoint notes from class for completing assignments and tests. Yet, reading does not seem to get the time and attention that writing and speaking do and reading may be taken for granted. In other words, students write reports and memos, create visual aids, and deliver presentations that are graded; whereas instructors give most reading tasks as homework that are not directly assessed, although they do affect students ' success in the course. Compounding the problem, as students experience an "information deluge, " the