UC Riverside Actively Recruits Homeschool Students

A new program allows admission through an assessment of a student portfolio
(October 17, 2005)

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) -- In November, as applications start pouring into the University of California system, UC Riverside will become the first UC campus to specifically recruit homeschooled and other nontraditionally educated students.

UCR will offer a Web site and an admissions process that includes a faculty review of a portfolio of the student’s projects and curriculum.
The campus’ effort kicks off with an information workshop for interested families from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, Nov. 12, in the University Lecture Hall.

“UCR is interested in students with high levels of achievement, promise, and contribution,” said LaRae Lundgren, director of admissions. “"We are looking for creative ways to discover these students.”

She said actively recruiting nontraditional students fits with UCR’s profile as a place serving a diverse population. The same portfolio review process can handle students who come from small charter schools, which might not have all the resources of a large comprehensive high school. The effort at UCR started at the request of several faculty members familiar with homeschooling.

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