Christian Families and the "Top Universities:" Worthy Goal or Worldly Trap?

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, "College faculties, long assumed to be a liberal bastion, lean further to the left than even the most conspiratorial conservatives might have imagined, a new study says...By their own description, 72 percent of those teaching at American universities and colleges are liberal and 15 percent are conservative, says the study being published this week. The imbalance is almost as striking in partisan terms, with 50 percent of the faculty members surveyed identifying themselves as Democrats and 11 percent as Republicans...The disparity is even more pronounced at the most elite schools, where, according to the study, 87 percent of faculty are liberal and 13 percent are conservative.... The findings, by Lichter and fellow political science professors Stanley Rothman of Smith College and Neil Nevitte of the University of Toronto, are based on a survey of 1,643 full-time faculty at 183 four-year schools. The researchers relied on 1999 data from the North American Academic Study Survey, the most recent comprehensive data available...Top-tier schools, roughly a third of the total, are defined as highly ranked liberal arts colleges and research universities that grant PhDs. The most liberal faculties are those devoted to the humanities (81 percent) and social sciences (75 percent), according to the study. But liberals outnumbered conservatives even among engineering faculty (51 percent to 19 percent) and business faculty (49 percent to 39 percent)...The most left-leaning departments are English literature, philosophy, political science and religious studies, where at least 80 percent of the faculty say they are liberal and no more than 5 percent call themselves conservative"--Washingtonpost.com, Tuesday, March 29, 2005; Page C01.

What do you think? Should Christian students seek after scholarships at ivy league colleges with a pagan agenda? How about homeschooling college and picking your own books to read? For instance, don't just read ABOUT Bishop James Ussher from the politically correct slant; read Ussher's book for yourself and think for yourself. Most original source documents are available for free. Try this educational, Christian worldview freebie on for size:
The Annals of the World, by Bishop James Ussher, 1580-1656, a free copy of the public domain book, at http://bennieblount.org