If I were an employer, I’d put a premium on hiring conservative kids who had the backbone to stand up on liberal campuses. It would be an interesting experiment to be explicit about this. I would be careful to stress that I was not imposing a narrow political test. Rather, I would be seeking employees who had demonstrated the personal integrity and courage it took to uphold minority views in a hostile environment. Politically conservative and religiously orthodox young people would be at the head of the list, but I suppose others might qualify as well.
Being from Indiana (aka flyover country), none of my kids will go to the Northeast for college.