U.S. Colleges and Universities Recruiting Home Schooled Students

Recent reports indicate that a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are now actively recruiting home schooled students. It was not that long ago that most colleges and universities would not even consider home educated applicants, but this is no longer the case. An official with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers says after years of skepticism, even mistrust, many college officials now realize it is in their best interests to seek out home schooled students. According to an Associated Press report, Stanford University is one of those schools that has a team of admissions officers sympathetic to home schoolers, making Stanford a beacon for high-achieving home educated students that are college bound. Among other things, the school has a special section on its Internet site for home school students interested in applying. Jon Reider, a former senior associate admissions director at Standford, says that university and many others now realize home schooled students are a prominent enough population that institutions of higher learning can only ignore this group of students at their own peril.