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...While exact numbers are hard to come by, recent estimates by the
U.S. Department of Education place the home-schooled population at
more than one million, or about 2 percent of the school-age
population. As recently as 20 years ago, home schooling was illegal in
many states. Today its students are edging toward the mainstream — and
are eyed by some colleges as a promising niche market.
...As the number of home-schoolers applying to college continues to
grow, admissions offices have attempted to streamline the process. The
University of Richmond, for example, has one admissions officer
assigned to read all applications from home-schoolers. This year the
Common Application, a format used by more than 300 colleges, added a
supplement for home-schoolers, which both pleases and unsettles some
home-school advocates.
"We're not fighting to even be considered anymore," says Howard
Richman, executive director of the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers
Accreditation Agency, one of seven organizations in the state that
provides accredited diplomas to home-schooled graduates. On the other
hand, he says, such standardization may cost home-schoolers some of
the individuality that has set them apart.
Complete story in Chronicle of Higher Education:
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