Higher education can test a person’s academic abilities in many ways. Most study programs require research, class discussions, presentations and group projects, to name a few. Yet if you asked almost any professor or student, they would likely tell you that writing is one of the skills most often examined at colleges and universities. In the United States, writing long essays about complex subjects has been, in many cases, a major part of higher education for years. However, a new study suggests that many current college students have never experienced the challenge of writing very long papers. And some experts argue this may not be as necessary a requirement for their success overall. The higher education research company Primary Research Group published the findings of its study in late July. It includes data gathered from 1,140 students at four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. The students were asked about the kinds of long-form writing they had done and the amount of writing training they had received. Nearly one third of them had never been required to write an essay of ten pages or more in length.
Title: Long Writing Assignments Now Less Common at US Colleges
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data-end-time='33750'>Yet if you asked almost any professor or student, they would likely tell you that writing is one of the skills most often examined at colleges and universities.</span> <span data-start-time='33750' data-end-time='47333'>In the United States, writing long essays about complex subjects has been, in many cases, a major part of higher education for years.</span> <span data-start-time='47333' data-end-time='60083'>However, a new study suggests that many current college students have never experienced the challenge of writing very long papers.</span> <span data-start-time='60083' data-end-time='68667'>And some experts argue this may not be as necessary a requirement for their success overall.</span> <span data-start-time='68667' data-end-time='79188'>The higher education research company Primary Research Group published the findings of its study in late July.</span> <span data-start-time='79188' data-end-time='90521'>It includes data gathered from 1,140 students at four-year colleges and universities in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='90521' data-end-time='101271'>The students were asked about the kinds of long-form writing they had done and the amount of writing training they had received.</span> <span data-start-time='101271' data-end-time='111667'>Nearly one third of them had never been required to write an essay of ten pages or more in length.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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