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
It started with Maryland's extension courses for military students in the Washington area.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other universities also have developed further means of maintaining friendly relations with the people of their states, through affiliating the state agricultural colleges with the university and offering elaborate programs of extension courses.
From The University of Michigan by Shaw, Wilfred
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