March 21, 2003

Catholic Colleges Fail to Impart Church's Teachings, Study's Author Says

By BETH McMURTRIE

Roman Catholic colleges do a poor job of imparting church teachings to undergraduates, concludes a new study of the views of those students on subjects such as abortion, casual sex, and homosexuality.

The study, "Are Catholic Colleges Leading Students Astray?," which appears in the March issue of The Catholic World Report, uses data culled from annual student surveys by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. The author, Patrick J.

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