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 • 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 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

It is more analogous to what we call university extension work.

From The Church and Modern Life by Gladden, Washington