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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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Local university extension offices and gardening stores can offer other suggestions.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

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 cases, though, university extension programs have started working with Silicon Valley startups to build new types of online credentials.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2017

For example, it is claimed that the university extension course is no longer of university nature.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

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