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2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Buddhists

  • Written by Jonathan S. Coley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University
imageMuslim student groups are located at only 28% of U.S. colleges. mkitina4 via iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Most U.S. colleges and universities lack minority religious student groups for Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim students. This is according to our new peer-reviewed...

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