The word at Fort Leavenworth on moral growth, or not, among West Point cadets

Kids, you can't make this stuff up. Our recent discussion of
character
and ethical issues (like sadism coexisting with an honor code) at West Point
provoked this note from a Best Defense reader :

"For what it's worth, a recent 'tiger team' study
by a team of colonels was recently presented here at the CGSC ethics symposium.
It briefed character development at West Point when compared to other
college-level institutions. The briefer said the results of the study were
rejected. Its conclusion was that 'Bible schools showed the least moral
growth -- but they did show growth. West Point showed a diminution of principled
moral reasoning in its graduates.' The data indicated this diminution was
specifically associated with the first class cadets. So much for improvement."