Multi-year Study Unveils Key Insights on Virtue Formation in Secular and Faith-Based Higher Education
How does virtue form in students at universities? What are the distinctive features of Christian study centers and institutes for Catholic thought, and what is the nature of Christian education they offer? Are Christian study centers adjacent to secular universities are uniquely positioned to provide a hybrid model of educational and religious development? To answer these types of questions, the Lumen Christi Institute participated in a two-year study with researchers and experts from Baylor University, to examine virtue formation in higher education moral communities, both secular and faith-based. Over a two-year period, researchers conducted longitudinal studies of students at three…