College Students More Interested In Spirituality Than Religion
College Students More Interested In Spirituality Than Religion Two articles recently caught my attention from the Ivy Jungle Update regarding the increasing quest of college students to identify and develop their own spirituality. College Students Seek Meaning in Life: Researchers at the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute say their work shows that college students are in fact "spiritual but not religious." For most college students, attendance at religious services decreases during their time on campus. The study shows that approximately 43% of incoming freshman say they "frequently attend" services and only about 20% say they "never attend." By junior year those frequently attending has dropped to about 25% while those not attending at all are about 37%. However, the researchers report a "significant growth" among students nationwide in the desire to "engage in a spiritual quest, to be more caring, and to develop and ecumenic...