In the past, many colleges and universities in North Carolina, and especially UNC, have chosen summer reading books for incoming students that were heavy on victimhood themes, light on intellectual stimulation. This year, as Duke Cheston reports here, UNC has chosen a pretty interesting book for the students, one that explores the deleterious impact new technology is having on people’s ability to read and think.

He also covers the reading choices at other schools, and most have steered clear of books with political slants.