correspondence school

American  

noun

1. a school operating on a system in which study materials and tests are mailed to the students, who in turn mail their work back to the school for grading.

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correspondence school British  

noun

1. an educational institution that offers tuition ( correspondence courses ) by post

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Etymology

Origin of correspondence school

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

correspondence school

That focus came after a judge found that laws around correspondence school allotments “were drafted with the express purpose of allowing purchases of private educational services with the public correspondence student allotments.”

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

Meuser graduated from Oak Brook College of Law, an unaccredited Christian correspondence school that has an impressive bar exam passage rate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

“Bedknobs and Broomsticks” is no more than passable family entertainment, but Lansbury acquits herself as an amateur witch who’s learning her craft via correspondence school.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

Instead, Emerson offered distance courses through the University of Nebraska High School, a onetime correspondence school.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

To take our minds off matters as well as to develop them, Father ordered a catalog from a correspondence school.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank