Orientation Common Read
Common Read is an essential piece of Evergreen's orientation as it brings students, staff, and faculty together around pressing topics and questions.
Reading and thinking about books is central at Evergreen. You’ll be reading texts like the ones presented in Common Read and discussing them with fellow students and faculty.
Since you’re reading on your own this summer, we’ve prepared some resources to keep you company as you read and think about these dynamic and densely packed texts.
2024 Common Read
Can Higher Education Help Renew American Democracy?
by John M. Bridgeland, Cecilia Muñoz & Danielle Allen
from Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 56, No. 2)
How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt
Dig deeper into civic engagement at Evergreen: Civic Engagement