This AP story by a former Herald-Sun reporter shows the tide is turning on the issue of homeschooling:
With colleges and universities aggressively competing for the best students, a growing number of institutions are actively courting homebound high achievers…
There are good reasons this is an attractive demographic for college registrars:
Home-schooled students — whose numbers in this country range from an estimated 1.1 million to as high as 2 million — often come to college equipped with the skills necessary to succeed in higher education, said Regina Morin, admissions director of Columbia College.
Such assets include intellectual curiosity, independent study habits and critical thinking skills, she said.
“It’s one of the fastest-growing college pools in the nation,” she said. “And they tend to be some of the best prepared.”
