Muhammad Yunus's Creating a World Without Poverty is the common reading assignment for all incoming students during the 2011-12 academic year. Be sure to purchase and read it before you come to campus in the fall, since it will be referenced in your first-year core courses.
Consistent with the Elon University mission of nurturing a rich intellectual community, the Elon Common Reading Program (ECRP) challenges students, faculty, and staff to examine themselves and the local and global worlds they inhabit through reading. The readings and related discussions aim not only to encourage critical reflection about important issues but also to invite personal consideration of how our individual actions affect these issues. Ultimately, the ECRP should engage the Elon community with ideas and issues that will influence their lives.
The ECRP will:
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