extension courses
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of extension courses
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Online education has achieved new primacy even at prestigious institutions like Harvard that previously relegated it mainly to lower-status programs like extension courses.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2020
One of the best things I did shortly after graduating from college with a liberal arts degree myself was to take a personal finance class through my local board of education extension courses.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018
His father, who was born in 1869, founded a book publishing company and later worked for a Chicago-based college that provided extension courses, or what is now called distance learning.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2017
Ordained a priest in 1935, Father Matthews took extension courses from University Correspondence College, Cambridge, came to the U.S. and Fordham on a scholarship in 1941.
From Time Magazine Archive
It sent out a corps of instructors to carry on extension courses.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
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