First, I messed up. Sorry . It is NOT Bennett's list but he did do the intro to the book and seems to endorse the list. See link.
http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/pressroom/college_guides/isi/bennet.htm
Yes, there are some weirdos on there. They were only looking at academic excellence and comprehensiveness. I guess the idea is that a kid who is strong can survive one of these places without damage. The risk is that your kid comes back a raging treehugger or poverty pimp or John Kerry.
Exactly what I believe. If you give your child a strong foundation, there won't be anything at any school that will change him. I'm sure many freepers here survived some very liberal schools.
Or you can take the route I took: Go to a blue-collar state school where the vast majority of students work a job in addition to taking classes. Not only do these kids not have any time to misbehave, they respect the value of hard work. It was funny watching the well-fed, over-educated NYPIRG brats try to recruit on campus.