Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education: A Review of Research Evidence
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education March 1, 2011 Shauna L. Shapiro, Kirk Warren Brown, John A. Astin 206 citations
Meditation may help college students improve attention, information processing, stress resilience, and interpersonal skills, according to a review of published research. The authors argue that integrating meditation into higher education could support both traditional academic goals and education of the 'whole person.' They call for future research to be theory-based, methodologically rigorous, and to examine a wider range of educational outcomes, as well as best practices for teaching meditation in academic settings.