Would you send your kid to Liberty University?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you wouldn't send your kid there, but its president is about to be confirmed as the head of the Dept. of Education's higher ed task force.

So there's going to be a lot Liberty out there for all of us with college students to grapple with.

Which was duly noted by the OP.

There are plenty of conservative, evangelical Christian colleges out there that aren't currently in the president's pocket. I'd feel better about most of those.

[Anonymous]

That's interesting. Usually, it seems like the opposite situation (conservative, religious parent with liberal child). That's awesome that she respects his beliefs and encourages him even though he holds different beliefs from her. I feel like she should let him make this choice. Otherwise, he may resent her in the future. And, his beliefs will continue to evolve naturally.

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. A friend's son has committed to going; son is very religious and conservative; friend kind of the opposite. She respects his beliefs and doesn't want them to limit where he goes, but is personally not in favor of his choice. I'd especially like to hear from conservative religious folks who may be weighing the high ed appointment in this potential choice.

[Anonymous]

What are some other conservative and/or Christian schools? I know there are several Catholic ones such as Georgetown and Boston College. Although, most of my friends who went to those schools did not seem ultra-conservative or super religious. What other ones would you recommend?

Anonymous wrote:I'd probably steer them to other christian school. BYU (though mormon) would be a better choice.

[Anonymous]

It's in a cute little town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PaleoCon here
I'm ultraconservative, and I didn't even look at Liberty. The academics don't seem strong at all, it's run by the Fallwell's (who I don't much like), and they seem WAY too obsessed with money.( The enrollment has gotten huge and it's endowment is now over 1 billion) I also heard that a lot of kids who go there attend because they're parents force them to. I don't want to go to school with a bunch of guys who didn't even want to go there. Liberty is also too politically focused for me. I love studying political philosophy, but I don't want my school being in the news every day because some candidate came to speak there, or because the President of the university made a dumb comment.(I'm as pro-gun as you can get, but allowing students to have guns on campus is just insane) Libery has a reputation as a fundamentalist university affiliated with the Republican Party. As an intellectual conservative (Christian) on the Far-Right, that didn't appeal to me. If you wnat a good Christian school, look at Grove City.

Ooph. Work on your grammar, paleocon.

Also, why do you think students having guns on campus is insane?

[Anonymous]

I'd go to Grove City or Wheaton over Liberty.

[Anonymous]

Hell no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you wouldn't send your kid there, but its president is about to be confirmed as the head of the Dept. of Education's higher ed task force.

So there's going to be a lot Liberty out there for all of us with college students to grapple with.

Speaking as a higher ed professional, I am 200% horrified by this. So much good -- student loan reform, gainful employment reporting, etc --Has come In the past 10 or so years and I dread seeing it dismantled. I also dread the rise (again) of predatory for profit institutions.

[Anonymous]

Never ever. Coworker is sending her child because they got some huge discount or scholarship because the child's father is retired military. There's no amount of money that would convince me to let a college brainwash my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never ever. Coworker is sending her child because they got some huge discount or scholarship because the child's father is retired military. There's no amount of money that would convince me to let a college brainwash my kid.

PP, would you send your kid to Grove City or Wheaton? If not, why? People on DCUM bash places like Liberty for "brainwashing"( which might be fair) but talk glowingly about places like Reed and Oberlin. Reed and Oberlin will give your kid a Leftist brainwashing, so how are they any better than a place like Liberty?

[Anonymous]

Maybe you could suggest Baylor to him? That is also very conservative and Christian, but it is a real school.

[Anonymous]

No way. I wouldn't even let her apply.

[Anonymous]

I would rather him just not go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't teach basic science (ex: evolution). No way would I pay a dime to them. There are plenty of Christian colleges where you can get a good education. Liberty is not one of them.

+1 I was raised in an evangelical church, and attended the religious school associated with it. I'm still undoing the damage of that education, which was blatantly counterfactual about basic scientific truths. We were literally taught, in high school, that men had one fewer sets of ribs than women.

It's cruel to give a child (or young adult) that kind of clearly false information and then just send them out into the world to be mocked.

Same. It not only did me enormous emotional harm which I eventually had to seek therapy for in my 30s, but also left me completely unprepared academically for higher education. I'm grateful I went to a non-religious college after my high school experience and left the church, but I really struggled socially and academically. I had to go teach myself about science, evolution and sex because I was too embarrassed to admit how little I knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's interesting. Usually, it seems like the opposite situation (conservative, religious parent with liberal child). That's awesome that she respects his beliefs and encourages him even though he holds different beliefs from her. I feel like she should let him make this choice. Otherwise, he may resent her in the future. And, his beliefs will continue to evolve naturally.

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. A friend's son has committed to going; son is very religious and conservative; friend kind of the opposite. She respects his beliefs and doesn't want them to limit where he goes, but is personally not in favor of his choice. I'd especially like to hear from conservative religious folks who may be weighing the high ed appointment in this potential choice.

I was thinking something similar, except then I realized that his college will forever be on his resume, and in this case, that is not a good thing.