Can College Students Still Read? Joseph Bottum Hopes to Find Out at the University of Colorado

Cebu Normal University and UPOU Meet for Training Plans

UPOU Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (center) met with Cebu Normal University delegates led by Dr. Joseph Tubilan (second from right). Cebu Normal University (CNU) visited the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) on 11 April 2025 at the UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, following the initial discussions with the Faculty of Education (FEd).   The CNU delegates, led by Dr. Joseph Elvir Tubilan, Vice President for Academi…

Can College Students Still Read? Joseph Bottum Hopes to Find Out at the University of Colorado

In an era when many college students shy away from reading long-form fiction—and some departments openly discourage the study of Western literature—author and scholar Joseph Bottum is pushing back with an old-fashioned experiment: teaching students to read serious novels again. Bottum, a visiting chair in conservative thought and policy at the University of Colorado Boulder, joined Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft and John Kass to discus…