Task Force Finds Few Instances of Campus Cults

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 14, 1999| Author: Amy Argetsinger | Copyright information

A state task force investigating cult activity on Maryland campuses has recommended that universities warn students to watch out for potentially harmful organizations and require outside groups to register before coming on campus to recruit.

Yet the task force determined that cults are not a big problem at state colleges and recommended no other major policy changes.

In a report released last month, the task force said that although there have been a few "heartbreaking" cases in ...

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