Universities are more professional and glittering than ever, but in some way there is emptiness deep down. Students are taught how to do things, but many a not forced to reflect on why them they should do or what we are here for They are given many career options, but they are on their own when it comes to developing criteria to determine which vocation would lead to the fullest life. But things are changing. On almost every campus faculty members and administra tors are trying to stem the careerist and to widen the definition of system's narrow achievement. Institutes are popping up with interdisciplinary humanities pro grammes and even meditation centres designed to cultivate the whole student the emotional, spiritual and moral sides and not just the intellectual. Technology is also forcing change online courses make the transmission of information a commodity. If colleges are going to justify themselves, they are going to have to thrive at those things that require physical proximity. That includes mor and spiritual development. Very few of cultivate our souls as hermits. We do it through small groups and relationships