<p>No. I briefly worked with a girl from Liberty. She graduated at the top of her class, but even so, was only hired because of ‘connections’ (otherwise why would you hire a Liberty grad?). She was an awful co-worker: incompetent, entitled, and generally useless. She quite after a few months. And let me remind you that this girl constituted the top 5-10% of her graduating class.</p>
<p>I’m generally a pretty conservative and religious guy, and I think religion can absolutely stand alongside higher education and enhance it. However, the type of religion propagated by Liberty is hateful, hypocritical, and stifling. Education should open the mind. Religious education should do so within the context of God’s Creation. I think it would be quite a charitable stretch to refer to any of the Liberty grads I’ve met as “educated”.</p>
<p>I have a client and former coworker who I think very highly of, and I was shocked to find (when we friended one another on Facebook) that he had gone to Liberty for undergrad. (He went to a very reputable place for his MBA.) He’s a VP at a name-brand company all of you would know. Having said that, while I did know that he was Christian, he has never, ever, ever said or done anything that would even remotedly constitute proselytizing or evangelizing and he’s worked with people of all different religious backgrounds and nothing’s ever been problematic. It does, however, still surprise me that such a bright person would go to Liberty. I would feel differently if it were, say, Wheaton or Pepperdine.</p>
<p>Me, too. It’s one thing to be a devout Christian wanting to be in a Christian atmosphere, but the whole idea of the way Liberty conducts itself is almost pugnacious somehow. Ditto for Regis (I think that’s the one) in VA.</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks they know anything about Liberty (but really doesn’t) needs to read Kevin Roose’s book mentioned above. I was (and still am) in the camp that thinks Liberty is a place to run very quickly FROM, but the Roose book was an eye-opener and gave me a whole new perspective. It’s a great read, too.</p>
<p>It is not respected except by fundamentalists Christians who don’t value critical thinking.</p>
<p>Due to Liberty’s dismal academic reputation and its reputation for having very conservative, narrow-minded students, many employers would avoid hiring its graduates. However, employers who believe in Liberty’s rigid ideas about religion, etc. would happily hire its employees. Those employers are more likely to be running small family businesses than Fortune 500 companies.</p>
<p>The book is great, written by a Brown student who went to Liberty during his study abroad term…interesting concept.</p>
<p>One thing to note: they do not teach evolution and every student is required to take creationism as a part of the SCIENCE curriculum. While this might be a plus for many, it is highly unlikely many will go on to many research opportunities with that kind of biology background. fwiw. They also teach that the earth is not as old as we scientifically know it to be…so…yeah. I think these might be actual academic issues with the curriculum.</p>
<p>^ lol at the idea of a Liberty U. grad going on to do high level biology research. Hard to imagine given the curriculum.</p>
<p>As others have mentioned, the Roose book is a great read, especially because he is honest about the school and the students, but doesn’t demonize them. He actually ends up liking (but strongly disagreeing with) many on campus.</p>
<p>That’s the big problem. It’s a huge minus to be told something that’s contrary to all established scientific research and have it sold to you as “truth.” A graduate of such a process, armed with the “truth” they’ve been taught, may then go out into the larger world and immediately establish themselves as someone who is clueless. A higher education empowers people, and the absence of a higher education has a neutral effect. But indoctrination under the guise of higher education actually damages trusting students.</p>
<p>Endicott wrote: “It’s one thing to be a devout Christian wanting to be in a Christian atmosphere, but the whole idea of the way Liberty conducts itself is almost pugnacious somehow. Ditto for Regis (I think that’s the one) in VA.”</p>
<p>You were thinking of Regent University in Virginia Beach. Regis University is a respected Jesuit institution in Colorado. (There’s also a Regis College in Massachusetts)</p>
<p>Well, to a pretty great extent many more liberal and better known colleges engage in a similar sort of opinion forming with a strong left orientation. The creation part of science is a more difficult area I think normal science is taught too. BTW I’m typing this within sight of the campus. The kids are generally just fine and get a decent education for a low price.</p>
<p>barrons…they do not teach evolution. AT all.</p>
<p>They teach that the earth is as old as the bible says it is and they do not teach any other alternative course…</p>
<p>FWIW…I agree that there are egregious cases of opinion being taught as fact in the humanities at many schools in this country…but the humanities are subjective. JMO</p>
<p>To the OP: I think there are plenty of more reputable Christian Colleges, some where quoted to you above and I know a kid who attended Calvin College and did well. There is a section where Christian colleges are discussed on CC, but I don’t know how active it is.</p>
<p>Just because you’re typing this “within view of the campus” means nothing.
Science is science. The theory of evolution is about as settled as the theory of gravity. It’s neither “liberal” nor “conservative.” It’s factual.</p>
<p>As an employer (and someone who does lots of hiring) I would honestly say that a “degree” from Liberty university would be viewed as worthless in my eyes. I would in all likelihood view a candidate with no college degree in a better light than someone who would actually put “Liberty University” on their resume and expect it to count for anything.</p>
<p>Schools that teach truths allow information to lead one to a logical conclusion. Whether this is left or right wing is irrelevant. This school teaches TRUTH, and then changes the facts in order to conform with the predetermined (right-wing) opinion. To say this is the right wing equivalent to a left leaning school is absurd.</p>
<p>Liberty U banned college Democrats. No matter how annoyingly PC a liberal college gets, I would find it hard to believe there is any school that would actually ban college Republicans.</p>
<p>I think Endicott hit the nail on the head here.</p>
<p>Most Universities are Liberal and are full of Liberal people. Some rare ones are more Conservative. But Liberty isn’t going to carry a lot of prestige to anyone other than those on the far, far right, because its not just Conservative in nature, its oppressively Conservative. There are definitely some schools where the College Republicans are going to be treated like idiots by most of the incredibly liberal campus. But it would take a school that is literally insane to ban them because Republicans “don’t match the values the of the school.”</p>
<p>By going there you’ll limit your job prospects to only Conservatives, and even not all Conservatives will see your degree as legitimate. So I’d go with no on this one.</p>