On Reading Well / On Being Well-Read
A Guide to Critical Reading for College and College-bound Students
This guide is intended for students wishing to prepare themselves for the intellectual challenges of an undergraduate education. In these pages, you will find a discussion of the importance of critical reading for success in college and in life, concrete suggestions for improving critical reading skills, and a list of “must-reads” recommended by University of Oregon faculty.
Editors:
Megan Benner (on-line edition)
Julia Major and Kathleen McHugh (print edition)
Acknowledgements:
The editors wish to thank Anne Laskaya and John Gage for their work as contributors to this volume and as General Editors for the Center for Teaching Writing Publications. We also wish to thank James Crosswhite, Suzanne Clark, Richard Stevenson, Nick Moysich, and the Oregon Collection of the Knight Library for their assistance and contributions. We also wish to thank the faculty and the students of the University of Oregon.
This guide is dedicated to You, the Reader.
© copyright 1998, 2009 by the Center for Teaching Writing,
Department of English
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403
