Entries by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D.

BARNEBEY’S STUDY OF UNIVERSITY ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME SCHOOLED APPLICANTS, AND A FOLLOW-UP

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hat are the admissions requirements, and how do they compare, of 210 selected four year public and private universities in the United States with respect to applicants who have been home schooled?  Leslie F. Barnebey pursued this question in her Ed.D. dissertation (“American University Admission
Requirements for Home Schooled Applicants, in 1984•) which was completed at Brigham Young University in 1986.  She also determined whether any of four characteristics (Carnegie type, size, support, or location) of the institutions affected the admission of home schooled applicants and explored the attitude of admission officers toward these applicants.

Brian D. Ray, Volume 3  Number 4, December 1987

Review of HOME SCHOOLING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BY MARY ANNE PITMAN

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Mary Anne Pitman (1986) has written the most sweeping review of the literature on home education to date.  Since most home school researchers will already be familiar with many of the works cited in the article, I will briefly summarize the content of the review to indicate the comprehensiveness and scope of
Pitman’s review, and then the implications of this article for future home school research will be suggested.

Jane Van Galen, Volume 3  Number 4, December 1987

REVIEW OF “SCHOOLING IN PRIVATE: A STUDY OF HOME EDUCATION” BY JANE VAN GALEN

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Van Galen employed the qualitative research techniques of participant observation, open ended interviewing, and document analysis to study her subjects.  Her goal was to describe “the norms, values, beliefs and actions of the various actors and groups who are involved in the home-schooling issue”.

Brian D. Ray, HSR Volume 3 Number 2, June 1987