Univerity scientists work on science, not ideology! That people with left side ideology seems to take knowledge from scientists does not make universities ideological.
I do not know wether you are European or American, but from your posting I assume that you are American, myself I'm Northern European. When it comes to politic I know there is a very big difference between Europe and US. Most countries in Northern Europe are Social Democratic, but you call that socialism. That makes it impossible for further discussion since we do not have a common political language.