Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research

Common Book Project

The Common Book Project at Virginia Tech was established in 1998 as a means of enriching the first-year experience and creating a sense of community for undergraduate students. Each academic year since the first full-scale distribution in 2000, all incoming students have been given a book to engage them through the lens of shared reading and to provoke conversation among students and their professors.

More details and more resources to come!

Main Common Book Site

The main Common Book site is located on the Provost's web page.


Common Book Article

Common Book offers a common thread.