university extension

American  

noun

1. a system by which an institution provides educational programs, as evening classes, for students otherwise unable to attend.

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Example Sentences

So do Health Canada and university extension services.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

She called university extension offices, a vital source of guidance for farmers, but said she never got any help.

From New York Times • May 22, 2021

Unlike those early successful farmers, farmers left behind to pursue agricultural gains had none of the socioeconomic advantages and fewer of the political connections to university extension groups, shops, or development programs.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2019

In some ways, the offerings are similar to university extension programs that have been around for more than a century, says Mitchell Stevens, associate professor of education at Stanford University.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2017

A decade and a half ago, there was a vigorous campaign for the establishment of university extension throughout the United States.

From Chapters in Rural Progress by Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech)