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Spirituality project to assess student development.
Know thyself" may be the maxim of higher education, .but little on campus is designed to help students do it. The inner life is important but largely ignored in an academy that honors the objective and impersonal.
Questions of meaning and purpose are big ones for some students. Does higher education help or hinder their quest? Answers may emerge from a UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) longitudinal study of college students' beliefs and values, funded by a $2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Drs. Helen and Alexander Astin are the principal investigators.
Project director Dr. Jennifer Lindholm described the Spirituality ...
- Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR)
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology January 1, 2001 700+ words
...With the help of the Institute of World Spirituality, the institute began the International Relgions of World Spirituality Project in 1996. ISAR's director is J. Gordon Melton, who also serves as a research specialist with the Department...
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- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Berggren, Kris September 16, 2005 700+ words
...but of success--is a key to discovering common ground, says Jesuit Fr. Bill Creed, head of the Ignatian Spirituality Project, which operates retreats for homeless men. "We are all afraid of too much success," he said in an e-mail...
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...heartbreaking disappointment in marriage. Suzuki violin and viola students, under the direction of Emily Pfeifer, will perform...Michael Hryniuk, co-director of the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project at San Francisco Theological Seminary, will talk about...
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- Magazine article from: The Christian Century DeVries, Mark March 23, 2004 700+ words
...effective means of helping students create a "space for God...Each practice provides students with an access point, a...church, the Youth Ministry Spirituality Project based at San Francisco Theological...meetings become times for students to learn and experiment with...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Schneider, Michael July 13, 2009 700+ words
...with his two teens after his wife dies. Wright was once a minister and plans to tackle issues of religion, faith and spirituality. Project reps a reunion for Janollari and Showtime Entertainment prexy Bob Greenblatt, who together ran the Greenblatt/Janollari...
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- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Koenig, John May 1, 2001 700+ words
...go elsewhere. There are two obvious long-term solutions. One is to encourage more secondary and post-secondary school students to pursue careers in technology fields. The other is to provide more opportunities for existing workers to upgrade their skills...
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- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Aguila, Sandra May 28, 2001 700+ words
...s degrees to the first class of eight students in the new Regulatory Affairs Program...opportunities that arose from meeting other students in class were invaluable." Penny Layman...1999, the center welcomed its first students into a new graduate degree program designed...
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- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal GRAVES, BRAD May 28, 2001 700+ words
...Thompson notes. The path to both jobs included study at UCSD. Thompson was born in Bellefonte, Pa., the son of postgraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. His family came to San Diego while he was in his early teens. He received an engineering...