The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from 40 percent in 1992 to 31 percent ten years later.
![The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from 40 percent in 1992 to 31 percent ten years later.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/charles-colson/the-average-college-graduates-proficient-literacy-in-english-the-ability-to-read-lengthy-complex-texts-and-draw-complicated-inferences-has.jpg)
The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from 40 percent in 1992 to 31 percent ten years later.