Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read

Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read

As the final waves of Gen Z — the youngest of whom are currently around 14 — make their way through high school and into colleges and trade schools, some higher education instructors are noticing a severe lack of reading comprehension skills in their students. Schools, in turn, are finding the only path forward is to drastically lower their expectations, for better or worse. As Pepperdine University literature professor Jessica Hooten Wilson tol…

Gen Z students unable to read sentence, Pepperdine professor says

‘There’s so much they can’t process,’ professor says Gen Z students are struggling to read and comprehend a sentence, one Pepperdine University professor recently said. “It’s not even an inability to critically think,” Humanities Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson told Fortune. “It’s an inability to read sentences.” “I feel like I am tap dancing and having to read things aloud because… Source

Gen Z Students Are Struggling To Read Single Sentences And It Could Harm Their Futures, Professors Warn

College educators are reportedly rethinking their teaching methods as Gen Z students arrive on campus with weaker reading skills than previous generations. Nearly half of all Americans did not read a single book in 2025, and reading habits have declined by roughly 40% over the past decade, Fortune reports. Gen Z continues to lag behind other generations: Americans aged 18–29 read an average of just 5.8 books in 2025, the outlet notes. How Profes…

Students Are Arriving In College Unable To Read. Colleges Are Struggling To Adapt Their Standards

As Gen Z ditch books at record levels, students are arriving to classrooms unable to complete assigned reading on par with previous expectations. It’s leaving colleges no choice but to lower their expectations. – Fortune (MSN)