Karen Manarin is Associate Professor of English at Mount Royal University.Miriam Carey is Associate Professor of Policy Studies and in the Academic Development Centre at Mount Royal University.Melanie Rathburn is Associate Professor of Biology and General Education at Mount Royal University.Glen Ryland is Assistant Professor in the Department of General Education, Faculty of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University.

• Foreword by Pat HutchingsPrefaceIntroduction1. Different Courses, Common Concern2. Can Students Read? Comprehension, Analysis, Interpretation, and Evaluation3. Critical Reading for Academic Purposes4. Critical Reading for Social Engagement5. So Now What?Appendix One: Rubrics and WorksheetsAppendix Two: Taxonomy of AbsenceAppendix Three: Coda on Collaboration

"Offers an extensive examination of 'critical reading' in terms of what it is, how it is understood both by students and faculty from a range of disciplinary angles, how it is taught, and how it could be taught when informed by research. What is most valuable is the fact that the authors' conclusions are anchored in and derived from actual student reading activity... An important contribution to scholarship." -Patricia Donahue, Lafayette College