history history dates founding beginning designed serve educational interests needs greater boston community extended academic resources public locally nationally internationally growing cooperation boston area universities eventually harvard institution early students able earn associate arts degree equivalent bachelor degree residency requirement later renamed arts finally settling bachelor degree graduate degree awarded leader distance education offering courses radio television board navy ships online education began mid-1980s school partnered expand reach years estimated students taken courses wealthy boston businessman ill trip egyptian desert wrote banks cairo died march shortly arriving bombay india executed boston set aside half fortune maintenance support public lectures delivered said boston philosophy natural history arts sciences promotion moral intellectual physical instruction education citizens said city boston directed lectures given natural religion showing historical internal favor christianity avoiding disputed points faith ceremony directing moral doctrines gospel lectures supposed free limited means afford attend lectures maximum charge value wheat equally measure lectures specifically open women men notable intellectual figures america europe program foundation formed sponsor lectures opened initial value fund dollars annual interest corpus dollars fund annual income institute headed single trustee male descendant grandfather trustee administered trust years according terms year earnings turned non capital early years establishment university extension lack reason harvard president declined begin continuing education program strongly starting proposed institute said dependent institutions meeting said wanted found popular university order fulfill vision connected existing educational institution succeeded father trustee trustee harvard mit reorganized lectures mit later renamed auspices mit year school courses higher branches mathematics second year devoted theory practice men graduated program year began offering courses harvard course literature turn people away largest hall harvard seat persons classes taught best harvard professors roughly students end course examination taken students years later elected president harvard president wanted serve people community college desire profit college education amid work earning living able obtain extension dean said aim young people boston prevented securing college education instruction receive harvard added persons wish college education able gradually effective substitute respects effective ordinary college education greater maturity students students permitted graduated high school adults required high school diploma spring months students wrote asking courses offer accept qualifications teaching position boston latin high schools city september year voted accept extension associate arts degree sufficient teach high school noted elementary school teachers courses evenings qualify better paying high school teaching position true young workers ropes said announced garnered major media coverage boston boston_globe declared extension program hopeful signs times education extension fine opportunities offered hunger knowledge early courses professors classes identical regular classes offered harvard professors began end september offered according boston_globe opportunity education hitherto unlike similar program columbia_university university extension courses taught experienced teachers secured professors commission including professors early faculty included professors paid extra teach classes addition regular course load early courses included classes english literature principles economics psychology applied experimental electricity laboratory experiments total courses offered evenings late saturdays believed important high quality courses offer larger number courses good deal variety year year early years business courses offered conjunction designed degree program grade college courses involving work tested examinations demand work required regular college student said use university trying run public teachers fitted work object public advantage exist walls boston_globe opined early program courses comprehensive course study attract young men women metropolitan boston deprived circumstances opportunity college year courses saw students earning certificates president harvard trustee saw trust community public successive series servants public ropes goal supply thorough university training previously denied supply low figure ing technical culture instruction persons unable spend years college courses cost hour course hour course hour course prices designed low considered wanted instruction courses offered working hours beginning students required present classes earn credit despite falling revenue great depression insisted prevented courses costing wheat result half year course cost course courses cost little increases salaries required additional funding avoid increase tuition cut funding follow exam fee added wished earn certificate prices remained effect 1950s created harvard charter member years later took dean comprised special students office years retiring president wrote extension courses given service public importance popularity courses convinced taken systematic approach organized representatives harvard mit members commission required president university executive commission received financial support meeting creation announced courses taken counted credit commission formed lost time retired chairman stepped president harvard commission lost viability consortium existed time forward functioned mainly umbrella program run harvard commission finally stopped functioning began self sufficient program continued contribution instead paying operating costs fund scholarships local high school students faculty courses growth extension beginning commission harvard awarded associate arts degree designed equivalent bachelor degree require entrance exam residency colleges designed appropriate reward reach persons unable attend traditional college program years extension program began students pursuing degree students earned degree year offered according ropes operation boston kind extension college giving courses lead adequately guarded degree administered joint action neighboring colleges 1920s professors boston left confines campuses traveled teach courses primarily aimed teachers courses offered students expressed interest professors traveled weekly basis places new_england far away new_york connecticut legislature considered passed bill allowing junior colleges award associate degrees years study years existence people earned associate degree harvard years worth work hearing news asked proper word person good thou art man read enclosed associate arts degraded probably recovery wicked institutions differentiate lesser degrees offered president decided new degree retain dignity somebody imitation steals new degree arts created women allowed receive harvard depression impact enrollment figures finances necessitated cuts number courses offered post war era number courses offered rise including consecutive years survey found students year attended college similar study found half profession notably teaching half years college enrolled general interest survey found extension graduates went graduate work figure higher number graduates college total graduate degrees awarded alumni courses cost students earn harvard degree roughly according bargain simply matched field education adding value study spaces conferences rooms library facilities dining hall set hall students addition television lounge students watch programs television radio pioneer distance education beginning december courses offered new radio station college nights week living rooms simply tuning courses psychology world history economics course radio years taught extension courses fewer students students course years extension students surely record annals extension harvard radio courses proved successful television station went air october began broadcasting extension class weekday course offered european monday thursday evenings late 1960s televised courses offered students watched courses television attend conferences mid term final exam harvard order gain credit class television classes continued 1970s united_states_navy united_states_navy approached harvard adapting television courses broadcast use submarines year program known developed producing courses year engineering math physics foreign languages lab courses class instruction provided port finished course received certificate completion eventually program spread surface ships program afloat college education pace proved effective practical means education hundreds navy men courses plans years sailors enrolled year later sailors taking courses sailors enrolled time ended navy men classes navy anticipated huge vietnam war difficult men find time study additionally courses offered weighted sciences classes proved popular occasionally instruction provided ships sea spring crisis middle_east navy paid instructors mediterranean teach deck uss little rock february instructors flown navy antarctica teach base late 20th century 50th anniversary courses offered vast majority classes held harvard campus late 1960s offered mit old south meeting house time non credit courses cost courses credit cost 1970s university realized problem retaining employees began tuition assistance plan tap year employees took advantage students degree candidates program effectively solved retention problem survey found majority students family income national average occasion 50th anniversary graduation said administrative duties harvard found extension rewarding partly doubt run rising program practically interference partly feeling second chance education people passed normal run school college finest aspects american education partly chance establish maintain friendly relations thorough programs black people boston contact harvard graduates went library moved saw doubling usage nearly student visits reserve books circulated mid-1990s academic career services provided traditional students receive ensuring education created year officially established formal school opened india joint venture indian businessman offices bombay india massachusetts program academy designed consist year time study leading certificate beginning india treating like profit venture financially failure harvard pulled approximately students educated years operation future nobel prize winner began teaching core curriculum physics course extension students course designed advanced high school students teachers students teachers schools area took year thousands took years come early 21st century proposal school degrees offered accepted committee led professor computer science proposed renaming school drop words extension studies degrees school offer bachelor_of_arts master arts degrees faculty objected saying degrees offered college years estimated students taken courses degree development degree recipients years including certificates graduates extension history undergraduate degree largest class date bringing total graduates popular graduate programs government biology psychology history english accounting graduates undergraduate degree holders went earn master arts degrees doctors philosophy founding students earned undergraduate degree advanced degree harvard including approximately graduates gone including harvard degrees awarded employees tap started certificates given success students early continuing education earning degree said extension courses degree count year fulfilling educational purpose originally established entrance exam fees kept low possible allow possible earned degree including certificate graduated today degrees awarded year awarded years combined undergraduate students courses order earn associate equivalent bachelor degree awarding arts degrees new created replace earn required meeting standards required bachelor_of_arts degree designed specifically adult associate degree established following year bachelor degrees awarded honors bachelor degrees awarded people students largest class total number graduates rose number grow graduating class rose students time 1950s 1960s strictly liberal arts program intention offering professional programs recognized charter narrow staff small world needed day age committee appointed president review structure purpose extension meet needs community stretched traditional liberal arts program community arm university programs specifically designed residents cambridge program teacher training program retirement remarked community needs mind extension moved long way traditional path need reach far poor graduate master degree awarded year restrictions lifted degree students enrolled program demands labor market meant new initiatives professional studies grow traditional liberal arts programs graduate certificate advanced study established year study social sciences natural sciences success certificate phased certificate success prompted creation certificate special studies students bachelor degree prior training business management management soon popular program meet growing need industry staff boston area certificate advanced studies established launched award greek followed certificate museum studies time museum studies master degree concentration certificate discontinued certificate publishing communications created established pilot program created address shortage qualified math teachers middle high school math teachers total boston teachers took classes led creation mathematics teaching certificate technologies education created grew beginning earned environmental management following year journalism journalism degree offered harvard established pre medical program pre program established years later students applied medical school accepted students applied medical schools admitted including women graduates applied medical school accepted including years later students accepted medical school including harvard accepted nationwide sponsored nearly students admission medical school started accepted success rate far exceeds national acceptance rate online education developed online 1980s course offered voice data kicking online education effort joint venture developed week course artificial intelligence taught harvard square nights chinese students simultaneously took class morning self sufficient program commission disbanded funding longer direct operating costs instead turned scholarship fund local high school students teachers nearly students high school students far places alaska hawaii taking different courses online schools offer course scholarships allowed greatly reduced rate beginning courses online hours distance students view online courses evolved experiment established academic program online courses student program expanded online courses including including course europe relations taken simultaneously extension students harvard graduate undergraduate students students paris courses available downloadable itunes courses available online going online allowed professors target classes specific audiences latino school teachers museum professionals certain regions online courses classes million grant awarded build collaborative learning environments classrooms plus state art control room went online allowed greatly enhanced opportunities experimentation experimentation research continued creation course online classes including students came campus class classes offered including classes taught senior harvard faculty ranked second best university online education chairman chairman director chairman director chairman director director present
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