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Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul
For profits are OUT. Out out out.
Also: Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts...anything ending in "Bible College".
To be clear, I'm not anti-religiously affiliated university (I'm an observant Catholic who went to a Methodist college, and then to a university founded by papal bull!), but I'm against a university choice that may negatively impact a prospective employer's view of them.
Since my husband and I are child-free, I'm going to go ahead and say this is for my future niece/nephew (s). But my brother is a smart guy and won't let that happen.
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I strongly concur with the opinion on Bob Jones and Oral Roberts. I met a young lady who graduated from Bob Jones who was the spouse of a younger naval officer. Sweet girl for the most part, but extremely homophobic and guardedly racist. I did talk to her at several social events (I felt bad for her, as she was rather isolated from her peers). She indicated to me that interracial dating was not not tolerated at Bob Jones and any openly gay students would be expelled by the university. I also got the feeling that women were discouraged from aspiring to leadership roles on the campus.
Also, "Bob Jones" sounds odd. Why not "Robert Jones University"?
One of the most unpleasant people I have ever met in my life was a graduate of Oral Roberts. The guy was a total misogynist and one of the worst parents I have ever encountered. Granted, a small sample size, but he apparently really loved attending college there.
As other posters noted, schools like Southern Methodist may have orginally had religious ties, but are pretty much secular now.