Academic Education and Religion: A Comparison of Religious Motifs among Students in a Secular Academic College in Israel

This article examines religious and spiritual beliefs of students at a secular college in Israel and their impact on the students' daily lives. The students include Jews and Bedouins studying education and sciences. The research is quantitative and used 2 questionnaires, distributed in 2011 and 2016. A small difference was found between education and science students, and a significant one between Bedouin and Jewish students. The Bedouin students, by a significant margin, come from more religious homes than the Jewish students, and most are studying education, whereas the Jewish student population is divided between students of education and science.