Academic Rigor in the Freshman Seminar: But Ouch! Student Antipathy to E-Books

Social media, phone and general e-skills do not predict ability and agility with e-books for college work. Freshman seminar honors students liked having choices and gave zero pushback to the critical review reading/writing assignment. Yet they ended up hating E-reading. A two-year experiment by Dr. Bachman and the student committee reveals best strategies for win-win.