university extension
noun
a system by which an institution provides educational programs, as evening classes, for students otherwise unable to attend.
- Compare extension courses.
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How to use university extension in a sentence
The other two subjects were the relation of technical schools to the universities, and university extension.
God knows what made me treat you to a university-extension lecture.
Huntingtower | John BuchanWhile university extension was groping aimlessly about, it came to the attention of one of the leading educators of our country.
The Arena | VariousHer library, it is said, would be taken for that of a university extension lecturer on literature.
Women as World Builders | Floyd DellMany of the small colleges are now engaging in university extension as an inexpensive means of advertising themselves.
The Teacher | George Herbert Palmer
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