My belief is that the more religious conservative folks already have their institutions of higher learning - Hillsdale. And Bob Jones. And a few others. There will be many lines of differentiation between Hillsdale and Austin. Which means those on the religious right will or would eventually be forced to weigh in on why Austin is not good for your children.
Dave Benke
Why do you believe Hillsdale is a religious school? I've never had that impression. I would agree more if you had made that observation about Grove City. And why did you throw Bob Jones Univ. in there--is it some kind of red meat for the anti-fundamentalists among us? And then there is Liberty, of course. As I've read about the proposed new Univ. I see it more as a secular school that will not discriminate against those who are religious, thereby avoiding all the law suits that schools seem to always lose because they're more concerned about the snowflakes and their faculty encouragers than the Constitution of the USA
Sorry about that. A buddy of mine sent his daughter to Hillsdale and since he's a man of the cloth I figured it was a religious school. Grove City is unknown to me. I think there's a big differentiation among religious schools, from the Roman Catholic Big East (formerly an important hoops league) schools like Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, etc. to Bob Jones way on the other end. Liberty,Wheaton and Grand Canyon are two well-enrolled Christian colleges. Definition-wise - "snowflakes" = ?
Overall, there's another point to be made - Christian schools are in the ascendancy in this polarized era, and are picking up steam at the grade school and high school level. Those kids will be heading to college and where will they go? If and as this begins to effect say Big Ten schools, state universities, it will be and/or become a major thing. Could that happen? I think the answer is yes. Given the overall birth rate decline and the availability of online instruction, that will make a dent. I think.
Dave Benke