El proyecto The Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) con la intención de revitalizar el papel de la lectura en el centro de la cultura estadounidense. El NEA presenta The Big Read en colaboración con el Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas y en cooperación con Arts Midwest.–P. 4 of cover.

Description based on: Jan. 22, 1979; title from cover.

Last issue for each session called: Final ed.; last issue before each adjournment within a session called: Interim.

Current issue also available from GPO Access via Internet at the GPO Web site. Address as of 9/27/96: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su%5Fdocs/aces/aaces002.html; current access is available via PURL.

Index to the calendars is included in the issue for the first legislative day of each week that the House is in session.

“The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest … The Big Read for military communiites is made possible by Boeing”–P. 4 of cover.

“Funded by The GE Fund, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.”

This note draws on a report issued by the Department of Education to track college arts courses taken by the high school graduating classes of 1972, 1982, and 1992, within 8.5 years of completing high school.