Colleges seeking homeschooled grads

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Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, 13 November 2006, Far from home Columbia College tries to reach out to home-schooled students

Nearly 5,100 Missouri children are being home-schooled this year, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education although that figure is probably higher, agency spokesperson Jim Morris said, because parents of home-schooled children in Missouri are not required to register with the state or their local school district. Columbia College accepts five to seven home-schooled applicants each year.

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Smith began working with the admissions department to develop a marketing program for home-schooled students in the 1990s. Smith, who home-schooled three of his four children, recognized Columbia College as a place where home-schooled students might feel comfortable.

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Columbia College is trying to tailor its academic programs to appeal to home-schooled students because, as a group, they bring skills and attributes different from their traditionally schooled peers. Smith described home-schooled students as high achievers and motivated, with good critical thinking skills and well-established values nurtured at home. “A lot of things traditional students wait until college to learn,” he said, “home-schooled students bring with them.”

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