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
Many of the older players took University of Saskatchewan extension courses at a community college.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 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
One is the development of extension courses and the other the offering of evening work to those who cannot attend the regular sessions.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul
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