Before enrolling, many of the initial 90 students had never before been inside a traditional classroom. Almost all received at least part of their elementary and high school educations at home. They're a bright group. . . . They all want to go into public service. Fiercely independent, Patrick Henry College accepts no government funding and vows to incur no debt.
Donors are the only other source of income.
Ga. He described his fellow students as self disciplined in both their scholastic and religious pursuits. Class discussions are interesting. They all speak up. The college is the vision of Farris, a former Virginia politician who heads the Home School Legal Defense Association, now headquartered on campus, and a home-schooling father of 10. Farris, the president of Patrick Henry College, the nation's first institution of higher learning aimed especially at educating home-schooled kids.