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Originally Posted by Brian
I guess it depends on what the intent is.
I don't think it's a good idea and is at odds with the purpose of a university.
You also tend to get a homogeneous faculty, again, at odds with the purpose of a university. My sister in law just started a graduate program at the zoo and out of curiosity, i checked out the department faculty pages. Every single faculty member did their undergraduate work there, and it was about 50/50 on going away to do graduate work before returning as faculty. Amusing.
One more reason I never went and would never encourage my daughter to go.
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It depends on what your goals are. You may send your daughter to a small liberal arts school with very good academics. She may be the only member at the school, and the only college student in her ward (if she attends).
That would be the extreme example of complete absence of Mormonism. There are of course plenty of schools with a strong Mormon contingent. But as a parent, I would be aware of the issue and try to guide my child to a school with a certain minimum, or when schools are otherwise equal, to the school with a stronger Mormon infrastructure.