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

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

From Washington Post

So do Health Canada and university extension services.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

Admittedly, other than a few studies at botanic gardens and university extension facilities that mimicked the smaller scale of home garden beds, most of the literature she found was derived from research in agricultural settings.

From New York Times

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