University of Nebraska High School: Distance Learning as Home Education
by Mitchell Levine

As any parent will tell you, the choice to homeschool is often one of the most important decisions to make regarding a child’s education. What to teach, how to teach and which curriculum to use are often daunting decisions to make, ones that can have a far reaching effect on their future.

While that decision may weigh heavily upon many parents, those whose children are enrolled in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Independent Study High School feel confident that the educational experience of their children will amply prepare them for a future ripe with possibilities.

Nebraska’s High School was founded in 1929 as a means to serve the youth within Nebraska. In 1978, Nebraska’s High School earned accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI), officially becoming the first fully university program to do so. Today, Nebraska’s High School has students in all 50 states and 135 countries.

“Maintaining our accreditation means that we continually adhere to strong educational guidelines and helps ensure that our students

not only learn the material, but are able to apply and use that knowledge elsewhere,” says Lisa Bourlier, Associate Principal of Nebraska’s High School.

Accreditation is also important for those students enrolled in Nebraska’s diploma program. “Earning an accredited diploma means that more doors are open for those students after graduation,” Bourlier states. Of the nearly 3,500 graduates of Nebraska’s High School, students have gone on to such colleges as Yale, William and Mary, Penn State and, of course, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Nebraska’s High School offers more than 160 courses in 14 subject areas. Offered in both print and online formats, all of the courses are designed by an in-house instructional design staff who have won numerous curriculum awards from the University Continuing Education Association. Nebraska’s High School also offers advising services, a friendly customer service staff and Way Cool™, a new online course management system.

For more information about Nebraska’s High School, visit http://NebraskaHS.unl.edu or call (402) 472-2175.

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