@coffeeaddicted - It sounds like “Choosing the Right College 2014-2015” edited by John Zmirak and published by ISIBooks would be a helpful resource for your family. It is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the publishers website. The book has been around for a while, is updated every two years, and is a college guide written from conservative perspective.
The teaching and administrative staff on modern college campuses will be overwhelmingly liberal. The key is to find school that promotes freedom of speech and respects debate. A school like the University of Chicago, whose faculty is likely as liberal as any other, gets a strong recommendation from this conservative college guide. Other schools that impinge on free speech don’t.