universities around the country enroll graduates home school
GRAY, Tennessee, January 10, 2011 ( Notifam ) - When the modern movement of home schooling is about confidently towards its fourth decade, colleges and universities are opening their doors to welcome in its ranks and prepared mature graduates. Students from home schools have an average score of 37 percentage points above the national average on standardized achievement tests and have an above average score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Test for Admission to Universities statistics that apparently have attracted the attention of the staff of college admissions. Since 1999, the United States the number of homeschooled students has increased by 74%, and today thousands of young men and women are graduating from high school ... at home.
Universities are using a wide variety of strategies to enroll students educated at home, including a strong representation in the conventions of home education, campaigns and promotions direct mail catalogs, its web sites and publications such as The Old Schoolhouse ® Magazine , the main popular print magazine for students who are educated in home. The universities sponsor the "Homeschool College Days" for students in third and fourth year of secondary schools, and Wheaton College, where it is represented by graduates of home education for almost 10% of the freshman class, applicants can even contact current Wheaton students who were homeschooled. The website of the Regent University School proclaims "the right choice for home schooled students," and the website of the Academy of the United States Air Force includes guidelines specifically targeted at homeschooled applicants .
Several institutions have designated "link on the home school and the recruitment specialists" to serve the incoming students and their families. In 2009, an article entitled "'We Love Homeschoolers!" Prominent Colleges Recruiting Jump on the Bandwagon "[We love the students educated at home! Featured Universities recruitment up to cart], the author Claire Novak, a graduate of home schooling, quoted a specialist as saying: "As the number of homeschooled students grows, colleges are finding it is a market that can not be ignored. "
Nearly 30% of current students at Bob Jones University were homeschooled. The website of the university reports that "as a group, our students educated at home are among the best college students in the entire student body. They have added a new dimension to the student body that conventionally studied in school. We consider a real asset. " The Stanford Magazine reported that "among the elite universities in the nation, Stanford has been one of the most willing to receive [the homeschooled] ... The educated at home brings a combination of unusual experiences, special motivation and intellectual independence that makes them good candidates to flower on the farm. " The Savannah College of Art and Design "welcomes students educated at home and recognizes the talent and outstanding achievements of this distinct group of sane individuals." And these are just some of the good reputation they have earned the home-schooled students.
Recent studies confirm the academic success of homeschooled students attending college. Citing the results of a survey of 2010, the Journal of College Admission states that "students of home schools have higher test scores for admission to the University in the grade point averages and graduation rates compared to students educated in the traditional way. " Seth
Back, a homeschooled student, who took and passed the test of General Education Development for 15 years and is currently enrolled in Harvard University, is convinced that he was "better prepared for college situations certain that students who had gone through the public and private school system. " During the past five years, Seth earned a doctorate in Law, passed the examination to practice law in California, earned a Master of History Church and studied at Oxford, while ran his own consulting business. This demonstrates that home education fed him a love of learning and taught him to take personal responsibility for their education, which included eagerly continue a wide variety of opportunities for personal enrichment. He is just one example of the thousands of motivated students, successful and visionaries who have benefited greatly from homeschooling.
Colleges want young people like Seth. They are exceptionally excited about the potential presented by the graduates of education at home and are Strongly calling your attention.
As university professors around the country have the opportunity to influence and equip the graduates of education at home, will surely be heartened and encouraged by this new type of "independent thinkers" who are filling the classrooms. Academics wise carefully seize the privilege given to them in those classrooms ... to build on the solid foundations laid by former teachers of these students: their parents.
original English version in http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/colleges-nationwide-recruit-homeschool-grads
Source: Notifam
Disclosure: Julio Severo in English
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