The issue focused on the extent to which students are being taught about the interplay between religion and economics. In various studies, Professor Jeffry Cohen found that at least half of chemistry courses were taught using the concept of economics and sociology. One professor found that 50 percent of economics courses offered at his university required students to study economics.


Some educators thought that economics might be being taught in ways that would not be intended. One faculty member reported that economics would be presented in ways that would most likely bring students