The motto of Roberts Wesleyan College is "Education for Character". It is the #3 Best Value College in America and as has been said, is also a "Best Values" College. It offers education of the highest quality within the context of a Christian world view. The master's graduates consistently outscore their counterparts from elite universities on professional licensing exams and are widely sought for their professional competence since employers can be assured of their ethical training.

I can't answer that, honestly. I've only experienced a couple universities in my life. And even then, I only experienced one program at each school.

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Johnny cant read becuase johnny is too busy saving the rainforests or protesting the war its time to get the NEA out of our schools

The answer is: None. And Any.

If your child doesn't know the difference between right and wrong by the time they enter college, they are nothing but fresh meat, ready to be gobbled up by whatever gets to them first.

Colleges are places where carrion eaters seek out prey. If you're centered and stable, you can get a great education just about anywhere, even Harvard or Yale. If you're not, you'll be sucked into a maelstrom of bad political philosophy, drugs, sex, or all of the above.

This is why military vets from Iraq do so well in college. They aren't easy prey.

As a Baylor alum and Houston native, I wholeheartedly agree with you, DJ. Baylor, Texas A&M, and Houston Baptist University are definitely on my list.

Bonnie makes an excellent point. The business of building an intelligent and responsible adult had better be concluded before one enters College.

As far as getting an education that gives one the skills and knowledge base to be an ethical, productive and competitive member of society:

some schools have horrendous programs for their undergrads (often the ones with shining Graduate Programs), and others offer excellent undergraduate programs with paltry offerings in the Graduate realm. From what I've seen, they all offer plenty of examples of the corruption of ethics by money and power for their students to see. Whether they decide to adopt or reject and battle against such influences is largely determined by upbringing, not college training.

I too wondered where the service academies were when I was listening to Hugh. I thought they would be mentioned.

Intelligence and responsibility is a slogan. The closest to the ideal is the Naval Academy or Hillsdale itself among the well-known schools. Unfortunately, the service schools which should be bulwarks against fashionable "crusades" in pedogogy, long ago became friendly with political internationalism and its ideals; i.e. "democracy" is no longer "mobocracy" as was taught prior to WWII, but is in fact "what we are", which explains this REPUBLIC's rudderless state since 1945. (THX, NEA and progressive education!) The BEST thing is to READ good history books (Tuchman, for example) and historical reference books which are accessible to the pop market. These provide handy reference points in the mind to hang subsequent information on. The main thing is to READ and to encourage your children to READ, and unless it's a formal dinner with full service of 11 forks and 6 spoons, let 'em READ at the table. Take your pick: spagetti sauce on page 298 of vol.3 of your Encyclopedia Americana, or a 1 1\2 star movie-addicted idiot. (Full disclosure: I'm a high school drop-out so I know whereof I speak, though only 3 1/2 stars and sub-titles can tempt me.) SO: Colleges are diploma mills; choose one that is NOT TOO CRAPPY, and get your TICKET PUNCHED. Period. "Intelligence and Responsibility"? Sloganeering. (Hell, W went to Yale and STILL can't pronounce "nuclear"!)

Oxford, Harvard, and either M.I.T. or NYU, in that order. Why? Because the most important value is critical thought, and the "values" schools mentioned above do not teach that, but rather train "individuals" to adopt a certain mindset as opposed to encouraging the development of the rational faculty that allows one to ascertain the nature of the good and just life for oneself.

And you can probably always find really fucking good marijuana at those places.

Auburn University:

I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore, I believe in work, hard work.

I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and my hands to work skillfully.

I believe in honesty and truthfulness, without which I cannot win the respect and confidence of my fellow men.

I believe in a sound mind, in a sound body and a spirit that is not afraid, and in clean sports to develop these qualities.

I believe in obedience to law because it protects the rights of all.

I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.

I believe in my Country, because it is a land of freedom and because it is my own home, and that I can best serve that country by "doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with my God."

And because Auburn men and women believe in these things, I believe in Auburn and love it.

-George Petrie (1945)

As a Trinity alumna, I have to say it: We're Trinity University-- Trinity College is in Connecticut, not San Antonio!

Good one, earl! Of course, by your rationale, Western Civilization would have never progressed past the medieval era when such universities merely "trained" student to be automatons much more than any of the "serious" universities of today. They (probably) didn't even have pot back then and still we've progressed as a society! Amazing.

um Larry P Arnn probably mentioned U of Dallas because his daughter goes there, and for no other reason. He's not the sharpest tool in the box and is a poor representation of Hillsdale College

UConn., my oldest son went there. Penn State, my daughter went there. Boston College my other son went there. These Colleges provided a great education and the realities to acheive the goals you set. All participated in full campus/college life which broarden your horizions. All are doing extremely well in work and life today. God Bless their education.