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Scholarship March 29, 2017

“The Spiritual Life of College Students: A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose”

The Wabash Center

Author
Astin, Alexander W., et al.
Publisher
Higher Education Research Institute Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles
Results of the second phase in an ongoing major study of the spiritual lives of college students was released in a report called "The Spiritual Life of College Students." The study was conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), a research center of higher education based in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is a groundbreaking attempt to gain insight into the spiritual lives and concerns of students and improve how faculties and administrators at US colleges and universities address this part of their students' lives.