Looking for Engineering Students? Go Home

Abstract

Engineering schools are struggling to maintain or increase the number of engineering students. Most attempted solutions focus on better marketing and publicity of the engineering field to K-12 students. However, a large population of K-12 home-schooled students remains relatively untapped. This paper provides background information about the home-school population and their academic performance. The methods that universities and engineering schools can use to recruit home-schooled students are provided in this paper.