Faith
Is Higher Education Still Aligned With Faith?
Faith Facts
- America’s earliest colleges and universities were founded with explicit Christian missions
- Modern campuses often abandon Christian heritage in favor of secular ideologies
- Many young graduates now regret the cost and values of their college experience
The value of a college degree has become increasingly questionable for many American families grounded in faith. Once regarded as a gateway to opportunity, higher education now prompts critical questions about cost, purpose, and the loss of foundational biblical values.
It’s no secret that much of today’s college environment leans heavily toward political correctness and progressive ideals, often at odds with Christ-centered truth. Students and parents alike face rising tuition, mounting debt, and campuses where “indoctrination in political correctness” is more prevalent than the teaching of life-shaping wisdom.
A recent study cited in Newsweek highlighted that nearly one in four Generation Z graduates now regrets attending college. “As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace and student debt balloons, a significant portion of Generation Z now expresses regret over their college education. According to a new survey by Resume Genius, 23% of full-time Gen Z workers regret attending college, and 19% say their degree didn’t contribute to their career.”
Only a minority feel satisfied with their educational journey, with just 32% content with their chosen path. It’s clear that our universities have experienced a dramatic shift away from their original mission.
From their beginnings, America’s most esteemed institutions were entrenched in Christian worldview and devoted to God’s truth. Harvard, for instance, bore the motto “For Christ and the Church,” and early policies were steeped in biblical instruction. Yale, William and Mary, Princeton, Columbia, and Dartmouth were all established as bastions of faith, training ministers and upholding the teachings of Jesus Christ. One of Princeton’s early presidents, Jonathan Dickinson, boldly said, “Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.” Their official seals and charters left no doubt about the centrality of biblical principles in their missions.
Yet, over the centuries, these universities have abandoned their founding convictions. Instead, they have embraced a secular model that rejects biblical wisdom and fosters a spirit of moral relativism. The Church, historically the mother of universities as early as the University of Paris, is no longer the guiding influence. Dr. Paul Maier summarized this rich heritage when he said, “You had students from England, studying in Paris who decided to go to a place where the oxen crossed the river, Oxenford, otherwise known as ‘Oxford.’ And that gave birth to Cambridge. Cambridge gave birth to John Harvard, coming over to the United States, Harvard University in 1636. That was the background of our state university system, as well as our private university system, and so on to the universities we have today. Direct Christian origin.”
Today’s graduates are feeling the void left as universities cut ties with faith and foundational values. We are reaping the results: regret, confusion, and a struggle to find purpose in a world adrift from biblical moorings. The urgent need now is to reclaim the wisdom of our ancestors—where education existed to glorify God, not deny Him.
Let us advocate for higher learning that upholds faith, freedom, and responsibility. It is critical for Christian families to seek educational paths grounded in Christ, ensuring future generations are equipped to defend truth, serve others, and lead this great nation with godly conviction.
Faith Facts
- Open Doors World Watch List 2026 reveals 388 million Christians endure high, very high, or extreme persecution and discrimination daily.
- Initiative addresses not just violence but daily barriers to jobs, education, and justice, turning believers into second-class citizens in many nations.
- Approved by a narrow margin despite leftist opposition, urging stronger EU, Council of Europe, and UN action against faith-based massacres.
Spain’s Congress Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a conservative Popular Party initiative to fortify protections for persecuted Christians worldwide, echoing biblical calls to defend the faith amid rising global threats.
MP Maribel Sánchez highlighted religious freedom as a core human right, enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, serving as a vital measure of true democracy rooted in God’s design for human dignity.
“These are not isolated incidents”
declared Sánchez, but a
“structural pattern”
fueled by authoritarian regimes and wars eroding God-given freedoms.
PSOE’s socialist spokesperson accused conservatives of Islamophobia.
Vox and even some leftists affirmed the urgent need to safeguard vulnerable Christian minorities from kidnappings, assaults, and jihadist terror, upholding Judeo-Christian values.
“It’s not that everyone is being persecuted all the time, but they live in a context where they are vulnerable and their rights are limited in their daily lives”
notes Open Doors Spain director Ted Blake.
Stand with our persecuted brethren through prayer and advocacy—defend faith, family, and freedom as patriots rooted in Scripture.
Faith Facts
- Pray for restraint from leaders to avert wider war, protecting vulnerable children, pregnant women, elderly, and sick as in Psalm 91.
- Pray against regime hardliners, civil war, or military dictatorship, for just rulers granting freedom, dignity, and faith choice without fear.
- Praise God for Iran’s tested Church, serving with Christ’s love; even post-massacres, seekers turn to Jesus through believers’ compassion.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, architect of decades of repression including Christian persecution and massacres, was killed in US-Israeli strikes.
Despite ongoing chaos, Iranians show unprecedented openness to Christ, with the underground Church growing amid crisis.
“The underground Church in Iran has been tested through persecution, conflict, and economic crisis,” says David Yeghnazar of Elam Ministries.
“And through it all, by God’s grace, the Church has continued to grow. Even after the January massacres, people were turning to Christ as believers reached out with compassion.”
“Regardless of the direction in which things now develop politically, we are in a season of unprecedented openness to the gospel among Iranians.”
Join global Christians in fervent prayer for peace, God-fearing leaders, and bold Gospel witness to light Iran’s darkness as in Isaiah 60:1.
Faith Facts
- Greens push decriminalization of all drugs, including cocaine and date-rape drug GHB, ignoring how chemical self-destruction harms the body made in God’s image, as seen in Seattle’s fentanyl crisis.
- Party backs abortion up to birth and assisted suicide, devaluing vulnerable life contrary to God’s command to protect the sanctity of every human from conception.
- Supports self-ID for gender transitions and puberty blockers for children, undermining God’s design for male and female while expelling members affirming biological reality.
Hannah Spencer’s Green Party by-election win signals a shift toward ideologically driven politics in Britain, drawing disillusioned voters with environmental stewardship that echoes biblical care for creation.
Yet beneath this appeal lies opposition to Christian principles on human dignity, life, and freedom.
Christians must reject such policies and support parties upholding faith, family, and freedom of conscience in Britain’s Parliament.
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