B
Evidence Grade B
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under review
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58%
58% -- digital reading preference for college students (2026)
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Value
58%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pearson Foundation
Primary
Tier B
http://www.technected.com/changing-education-why-tablets-are-becoming-the-new-textbook ↗
Source Article
Changing Education: Why Tablets Are Becoming the New Textbook
Original Research
Pearson Foundation
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Methodology
Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets
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Industrymarketing
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college students: 58% digital reading preference. Source: Pearson Foundation (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/college-students-prefer-digital-reading
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