Recognizing the need to provide students with broader perspectives on world and national views, and the need to create opportunities to be more engaged citizens in their local community, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier initiated the Student Newspaper Readership Program in 1997.
The program has three objectives:
- enhance the learning environment on campus
- increase students’ knowledge of community, national, and world events
- encourage a lifelong daily newspaper readership habit
Students can choose from a selection of newspapers including USA Today, The New York Times, and a variety of local and regional newspapers throughout Pennsylvania. At University Park, the Centre Daily Times and Daily Collegian are also available. All papers are provided at no additional cost to the students.
The Penn State Student Newspaper Readership Program contributes to the general education goal of the University by providing a broad range of information and knowledge necessary to understand the world in which we live, and helps students acquire the skills vital to educated citizenship. |
