A Sea Of Red

This was posted on the LU splash page this week:

Liberty among top 5 homeschool-friendly colleges
July 5, 2012 : Liberty University News Service

Liberty University was recently ranked among the top five homeschool-friendly colleges in the nation by TheBestSchools.org.

The site ranked 25 schools, identifying three key features that meet the needs of a homeschool graduate: Christian education, socio-political conservatism, and science and faith integration.

Liberty was the largest school on list. In its review, the site recognized Liberty’s “forward-looking online and distance education” and its commitment to Christian principles.

“For decades, conservatives, Southern Baptists, and Christian educators have called upon Liberty University for direction,” the review reads. “ … Though fundamentalist in many respects, Liberty is culturally conscious, having an impressive philosophy and apologetics programs aimed at engaging the big ideas directing society.”

It cites Liberty’s size (now exceeding 92,500 students, with 12,500 resident students and 80,000 online) and range of faculty, which “enables some diversity of views along with other hard-to-find options like degrees in law, cinema, and aeronautics.”

With the success of its distance learning program, TheBestSchools.org calls Liberty “one of the most flexible and accessible options for homeschoolers.”

http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=60205

Yeah, I've passed it along to those in our circles down here. They are the typical schools that most of us would expect to see lumped together with LU.

Whoever's idea it was to create this type of marketing is pure genius, create rankings and articles about the largest schools so in return they promote it as well. Essentially this is a "Steve Jobs" version of the US Rankings because this actually produces more of a ROI since its a lead generator too.

Brilliant.

And many of our best Quiz Bowlers come from home school environments: they usually don't know much about pop culture, but they are especially strong in literature, history, music, and science.

Classical education has its benefits. That's why so many private schools are now mimicking the curriculum.

Home Schoolers definately made my experience living on the dorm much more fun.