Harvard Extension School#Deans
{{Short description|Extension school of Harvard University}}
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Harvard Extension School (HES) is the continuing education School of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1910, it is one of the oldest liberal arts and continuing education schools in the United States. Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, HES offers both part-time, open-enrollment courses, as well as selective undergraduate (ALB) and graduate (ALM) degrees primarily for nontraditional students. Academic certificates and a post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate are also offered.
Established by then-university President A. Lawrence Lowell,{{Citation | title = Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee’s Progress| year = 2016 | last = Shinagel |first= Michael | publisher = | isbn = 9781524509590}}{{Citation | title = The Music of Time| year = 2001 | last = Minahan |first= John | publisher = | isbn = 9780595200733}} HES was commissioned to extend{{cite web |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/7/extension-school-scrut/ |title=How Far Will Harvard Extend? |website=The Harvard Crimson|accessdate=2023-12-31}} education, equivalent in academic rigor to traditional Harvard programs, to non-traditional and part-time students, as well as lifelong learners. Under the supervision of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences,{{cite web |url=https://www.fas.harvard.edu/overview/what-is-the-fas/ |title=What is the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences |publisher=Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=2023-12-31}} HES offers over 900 courses spanning various liberal arts and professional disciplines, offered in on-campus, online, and hybrid formats. These courses are generally available to both its matriculated students and to the general public.
For matriculation, HES places significant weight on an applicant's academic transcript at Harvard rather than previous academic work. According to Harvard's current guidelines, students are required to achieve a minimum 3.0 GPA in degree-credit coursework in order to matriculate. Once this academic criterion is met, applicants must submit a formal application, which is subsequently reviewed by a committee. Matriculated students have additional benefits such as convocation, graduation, cross-registration, teaching assistant, faculty research aid, and supervised senior thesis or research paper; they also, as students of Harvard University, have access to the full resources and the broader academic environment of Harvard.{{cite web |url=https://extension.harvard.edu/registration-admissions/for-students/degree-candidate-academic-opportunities/admitted-degree-candidate-benefits/ |title=Admitted Degree privileges |accessdate=2023-06-22}}
History
{{Main|History of Harvard Extension School}}
{{See also|Lyceum movement}}
Founded in 1910, based out of his work with the Lowell Institute, then-Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, wanted to tether his work to a "proper university" and serve the "many people in our community, who have not been to college, but who have the desire and the aptitude to profit by so much of a college education as, amid the work of earning their living, they are able to obtain."{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=20}} It was designed to serve the educational interests and needs of the Greater Boston community,{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=220}} particularly those "who had the ability and desire to attend college, but also had other obligations that kept them from traditional schools."
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James Hardy Ropes, Extension's first dean, said that "our aim will be to give the young people of Boston who have heretofore been prevented from securing a college education the same instruction they would receive were they undergraduates at Harvard [College]."{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=30}} He added that "many persons who wish that they had a college education will be able to get gradually an effective substitute for it--in some respects more effective than the ordinary college education because of the greater eagerness and maturity of such students."
In the early years, a commission composed of several Boston area schools ran the courses, though it was largely a Harvard-run program.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=54}}{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=104}} Early faculty included Charles Townsend Copeland, William Yandell Elliott, William L. Langer, Oscar Handlin, Perry Miller, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Frank M. Carpenter.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=52}} During the 1920s, affiliates traveled around New England to teach courses offsite. While they were primarily aimed at teachers, courses were offered whenever 40 or more students expressed an interest. Professors traveled on a weekly basis to places as far away as Yonkers, New York, some 200 miles away.
Lowell's bequest limited tuition to no more than "two bushels of wheat." During the Great Depression, this amounted to roughly $5 per semester course.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=50}} Several years after his retirement, President Lowell wrote that the Extension courses "have given a service to the public ... which seems to me of the utmost importance."{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=225}} In his will, John Lowell asked his successors to develop courses "more erudite and particular corresponding to the age." By the 50th anniversary of the Commission of Extension in 1960, more than 1,400 courses had taught to over 85,000.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=81}}
In the 2010s, more than 100 years after its founding, the Extension School's classes were described as "surprisingly affordable" and the school itself was said to be a "thriving institution."
=Degree development=
The Extension School currently offers two degrees (and has offered these degrees since 1979): the Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALB) and the Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALM). From 1911 to 1933, the school offered an Associate in Arts, and from 1933 to 1960, it offered an Adjunct in Arts. Both were considered the equivalent of a bachelor's degree. From 1971 to 2014, the school offered an Associate of Arts in Extension Studies (AA), the equivalent of a two-year degree.
Leadership
=Deans=
The dean of the extension school is also the Dean of the Harvard Division of Continuing Education, who works under and reports directly to the Dean of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. There have been seven deans in the school's history{{sfn|Shinagel|2010}} and three are alumni of Harvard College:
- James Hardy Ropes, Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses, Dean of University Extension, 1910–1922
- Arthur F. Whittem, Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses, Director of University Extension, 1922–1946
- George W. Adams, Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses, Director of University Extension, 1946–1949
- Reginald H. Phelps, Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses, Director of University Extension, 1949–1975
- Michael Shinagel, Director of Continuing Education and University Extension, 1975–1977, and Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension, 1977–2013
- Huntington D. Lambert, Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension, 2013–2019{{efn|Between Lambert's retirement and Coleman's appointment, Henry H. Leitner served as interim dean.}}
- Nancy Coleman, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education, 2020–present
Accreditation and partnerships
Harvard University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Harvard Business School Online's Credential of Readiness (CORe) program can be counted for Extension School undergraduate academic credit on a pass fail basis.
The graduate program in Museum Studies has a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. The partnered courses include two active learning weekends in Washington, D.C. Harvard Extension School has collaborated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Micromasters program for Management, Sustainability, and Development Practice Masters degree program.
Academics
{{See Also|Derek Bok Public Service Prizes|Grossman Library}}
Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Extension School offers more than 900 on-campus and online courses, most of which have open enrollment. The number of courses offered has continuously grown over the school's history.
Students may enroll full or part-time, and classes may be taken on campus, via distance-learning, or both. In order to earn an academic degree, students must complete a minimum number of on-campus-only credits at Harvard.{{efn|n.b. These requirements vary for each degree, from 4 classes in residency for the ALB or the ALM/Biology, two semesters residency requirement for the general ALM, and up to 50% residency requirement for the ALM/Management. It is therefore not possible to receive an academic degree solely through distance learning.}} Since the school's inception, it has only graduated less than two out of every thousand (0.2%) of its students. As of 2009, nearly 13,000 have graduated with degrees.{{efn|The degree graduates at Harvard Extension School are both recognized and considered to be alumni of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association (HEAA) and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) The degree holders have their name recorded in HAA list and directory. The degrees ALB and ALM are directly issued by Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Harvard Extension School is one among 13 schools that make Harvard University.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Schools of Harvard University|url=https://www.harvard.edu/academics/schools/|access-date=13 March 2023}}}}{{cite web|last=Shinagel|first=Michael|date=28 September 2009|title=The Lowells of Boston and the Founding of University Extension at Harvard|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ903452.pdf|access-date=12 March 2023}}
In August 2018, Grossman Library, located in Sever Hall, merged with the larger Harvard College Library system,{{cite web|last=H. Zhang|first=Cindy|date=11 September 2018|title=Extension School Expands Library Access for Students, Closes Grossman|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/9/11/grossman-library-closes/|access-date=28 April 2023}} giving non-degree students access to the Harvard Library, including electronic resources and select computer facilities. Those registered for a course at the Extension School may also access writing tutorials at the Writing Center as well as assistance with math and related courses at the Math Question Center. Career services and academic advising are offered through the school's Career and Academic Resource Center.
Ropes, the school's first dean, said that "our aim will be to give the young people of Boston who have heretofore been prevented from securing a college education the same instruction they would receive were they undergraduates at Harvard."{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=30}} The Harvard Undergraduate Council found in a 2020 study of Extension courses that 156 were identical or nearly identical to courses at Harvard College and 95 were equivalent or similar, while 344 were unique to the Extension School.{{Cite news | url = https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/6/23/ganesh-larson-urbina-value-of-virtual-education/ | title = What's the Value of a Virtual Education? | first1 = Rukmini | last1 = Ganesh | first2 = M. Thorwald | last2 = Larson | first3 = Fernando | last3 = Urbina | publisher = The Harvard Crimson | date = June 23, 2020 | access-date = June 24, 2020 | archive-date = June 24, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200624000628/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/6/23/ganesh-larson-urbina-value-of-virtual-education/ | url-status = live}}{{cite web |title=Extension Course Analysis & Tuition Calculations |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A_qxgXVruoimKBRzKfs9E6GBOuki2oR-/view |publisher=Harvard Undergraduate Council |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628014643/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A_qxgXVruoimKBRzKfs9E6GBOuki2oR-/view |url-status=live}} A New York Times guidebook stated that professors said some courses were "virtually identical." As of the 2022-2023 academic year, courses for undergraduate credit at the Extension School were $1,980 and courses for graduate credit were $3,100.{{cite web |title=Paying for School |url=https://extension.harvard.edu/paying-for-school/ |website=Harvard Extension School |publisher=Harvard Division of Continuing Education |access-date=13 May 2023}}
A number of on-campus Harvard courses are recorded and offered to Extension students online. For these courses, office hours and other student support are typically available through live or asynchronous software. The majority of instructors at the Extension School, 52%, are Harvard affiliates; 48% are faculty from peer schools and industry professionals. Nobel laureate Roy J. Glauber has taught Extension courses.
=Special student=
=Pre-medical program=
A pre-medical program was established at the Extension School in 1980.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=129}} Students who successfully complete the program are eligible for sponsorship and a committee letter of support in their applications to medical school.
=Distance education=
Harvard Extension was a pioneer in distance education. Beginning on December 5, 1949, courses were offered on the Lowell Institute's new radio station. New Englanders could go to college six nights a week at 7:30 in their living rooms simply by tuning into courses on psychology, world history, and economics.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=70}} The first course on radio was by Peter A. Bertocci of Boston University.
The radio courses proved to be so successful that when the television station WGBH went on the air in October 1951 they began broadcasting an Extension class every weekday at 3:30 and 7:30.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=72}} The first course, offered by Robert G. Albion, was on European Imperialism. In the late 1960s, three of the televised courses were offered in the Deer Island Prison.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=102}} Students who watched the courses on television could attend six "conferences" and take a mid-term and a final exam at Harvard in order to gain credit for the class.
{{As of|2014}}, distance-learning courses at Harvard Extension School are offered in two formats: asynchronous video courses (lectures are recorded and uploaded within 24 hours of on-campus class meetings); and live web-conference courses (courses are streamed live, and typically allow for synchronous participation from students via a secondary online platform).
The first online courses were offered in 1997. Between 2013 and 2016, the number of online classes grew from 200 to more than 450.
Degree programs
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Year | Associate | Bachelor's | Master's || References | |
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1913–1933 | 120 | n/a | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn1|From 1913 until 1932 Harvard offered Associate in Arts degrees, and from 1933 until 1962 it awarded Adjunct in Arts degrees. Both were considered the equivalent of a bachelor's degree.}} |
1934–1936 | 24 | n/a | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn1}} |
1937–1952 | 78 | n/a | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn1}} |
1953 | 6 | n/a | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn1}} |
1954–1962 | 57 | n/a | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn1}} |
1963 | n/a | 14 | n/a | |
1964 | n/a | 22 | n/a | |
1966 | n/a | 35 | n/a | |
1967 | n/a | 31 | n/a | |
1968 | n/a | 48 | n/a | |
1971 | n/a | 38 | n/a | |
1972 | 44 | 54 | n/a | |
1975 | 37 | 42 | n/a | |
1976 | <82 | <82 | n/a | {{efn-lg|name=fn2|Only aggregate numbers were reported for these years.}} |
1980 | n/a | ? | 1 | |
1981 | n/a | ? | 3 | |
1982 | n/a | 91 | 15 | |
1985 | n/a | <158 | <158 | {{efn-lg|name=fn2}} |
1987 | n/a | <143 | <143 | {{efn-lg|name=fn2}} |
2000 | <226 | <226 | <226 | {{efn-lg|name=fn2}} |
2008 | 7 | 111 | 91 | |
2013 | <645 | <645 | <645 | {{efn-lg|name=fn2}} |
2014 | 5 | 152 | 539 | |
2016 | 8 | 148 | 627 | |
2017 | 7 | 144 | 706 | |
2018 | 4 | 153 | 890 | |
2019 | 3 | 159 | 962 | |
2020 | 0 | 166 | 1,070 | |
2022 | 0 | 192 | 1,287 | {{cite web|last=Chase|first=Jon|date=21 June 2023|title=Harvard awards 8,870 degrees|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/05/harvard-awards-8870-degrees-over-2021-22-academic-year/|publisher=Harvard Gazette|access-date=7 April 2023}}{{efn-lg|name=fn2}} |
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To be eligible to apply to the Extension School's degree programs, students must "earn [their] way in" by passing the Test of Critical Reading and Writing Skills as well as completing two or three designated admission classes with a B or better. In 2016, then-Dean Huntington D. Lambert said that 32% of those who want to pursue an undergraduate degree (ALB) earn the grades necessary for admission, making admissions "very selective." If the admission requirements are met, acceptance is not guaranteed but very likely. About 85% of those admitted successfully earn their degree (ALB).
ALB students may graduate cum laude, but magna and summa cum laude are not offered. Extension students may earn the Dean's List Academic Achievement Award upon graduation based on a high GPA (at least 3.5 for ALB, 3.8 for ALM). Many courses are offered online, but a degree cannot be earned entirely online as students are required to take classes on campus before earning their degree.
Students who wish to earn degrees must be formally admitted by the Admissions Committee. Admitted degree candidates are granted full privileges to Harvard's libraries, facilities, and student resources, as well as access to Harvard's museums and academic workshops. As of 2019–20, an undergraduate degree cost about $58,800, and a graduate degree cost about $28,400–$34,080.
Of the over 30,000 students enrolled in the Extension School, 850 are admitted degree candidates for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALB) and 3,063 are admitted degree candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALM).
=Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB)=
The undergraduate curriculum requires expository writing, quantitative reasoning, foreign language, moral reasoning, upper-level coursework, and an area of concentration. The expository writing class is known as a "gatekeeper course" as it will typically "determine whether [students] are prepared for the intensive and demanding curriculum."
Once admitted as an ALB degree candidate, students must successfully complete 128 credits (Harvard courses are typically 4 credits each) and maintain good academic standing to meet graduation requirements. Upon admission into the ALB program, students may petition to transfer up to a maximum of 64 credits from other accredited post-secondary institutions, but at least 64 credits must be completed at Harvard. Students select one of three "areas of concentration" which are humanities, science, and social sciences.
ALB degree candidates are also required to complete a minimum of 16 on-campus-only credits at Harvard; students must also complete a minimum of 12 writing-intensive credits and earn a minimum of 52 credits in courses that are taught by Harvard instructors. In addition to a concentration, degree candidates have the option to pursue one of twenty "fields of study" (similar to majors). In order to successfully complete a field of study, students must earn a B− or higher in 32 Harvard credits in one field, and maintain a B average in the field. Students may also complement their degree with up to two minors.
= Undergraduate admissions =
Undergraduate degree programs require pre-admission courses as well as a formal application process. Students must also hold a "high school diploma or its equivalent [which] must have been earned at least five years prior to enrolling in any ALB degree-applicable courses." Students applying for degree candidacy must complete three 4-credit liberal arts courses at Harvard with at least a B grade in each, and maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. One of these three pre-admission courses must be EXPO E-25. To enroll in this course, students must either pass a placement test, which measures critical reading and writing skills, or enroll in EXPO E-15 (a course that acts as a precursor to EXPO E-25). Students failing to earn at least a B in a class can retake it once. Those who meet all these criteria are then eligible to apply for admission into the school's undergraduate degree programs.
=Master of Liberal Arts (ALM)=
The Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALM) includes 19 liberal arts fields of study and seven professional degree programs (Biotechnology, Information Technology, Journalism, Management, Mathematics for Teaching, Museum Studies, & Sustainability). Except for Museum Studies (10 courses), all ALM candidates must complete 12 courses—48 credit hours—with most requiring a thesis or capstone project crafted under the direction of an instructor or faculty member holding a teaching appointment in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
= Graduate admissions =
Application to a graduate degree program requires an accredited four-year bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent), passing the Test of Critical Reading and Writing Skills, the completion of two or three designated pre-admission courses with grades of B or higher, and a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0. One of the pre-admission courses must be the "proseminar" course for the intended area of study, which is akin to a traditional research methods course. Some disciplines have additional specified pre-admission coursework, while others have specific coursework that is required before submitting a master's thesis proposal (biology and psychology students must take a specific graduate statistics course). In addition, several programs require supplemental application materials; for instance, Creative Writing and Literature ALM candidates must submit original manuscripts. Students who meet these criteria are then eligible to submit an application for admission into the graduate degree programs (ALM).
A student who fails to earn a grade of B after twice enrolling in the proseminar course—often considered a "gatekeeper" course—will be denied admission indefinitely.
= Degree-name change proposals =
A proposal before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and 2010 to rename the school and the degrees offered was not accepted.{{r|rename|tried}} A committee led by Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis proposed renaming the school the "Harvard School of Continuing and Professional Studies" and dropping the words "in Extension Studies" from degrees so that the school would offer Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Master of Liberal Arts, and Master of Professional Studies degrees. Some faculty objected, saying that those degrees were too similar to "Bachelor of Arts" and "Master of Arts" degrees already offered by the college and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
In 2016, a student group calling itself the Harvard Extension Degree Change Initiative rallied in front of University Hall to call for removing “Extension Studies” from the degree name and adding a student's field of study instead. The Harvard Crimson editorialized in favor, urging Harvard to "consider changing the title of Extension School degrees to include the field of study rather than the ambiguous 'Extension Studies.'" While the school retains "Extension Studies" in official degree titles, transcripts reflect students' area of academic concentration.
In 2019, then-Dean Huntington D. Lambert stated agreement with student complaints that degrees awarded by the Harvard Extension School should be rephrased to more accurately reflect students’ programs of study, but he was not successful in making any changes. In 2022,{{r|jiang}} and again in 2023,{{r|lippit}} members of the Harvard Extension Student Association, the student government of the Harvard Extension School, held a protest in Harvard Yard calling on the university to remove the words “in Extension Studies” from the Harvard Extension School Liberal Arts Degrees.
= Privileges and demographics =
Students who graduate from the Extension School become part of the Harvard Alumni Association. Extension students have dedicated study spaces, conferences rooms, and access to the dining hall in Lehman Hall.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=111}} Alpha Sigma Lambda, the national honor society for nontraditional students, has a Harvard chapter.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=208}} There is a student government body for the Harvard Extension School which participates in the Harvard Graduate Council. Admitted degree candidates have access to many of the same student privileges of other Harvard alumni, such as access to athletic facilities, libraries, and museums.
The class of 2019, the largest class to date, had 1,184 graduates. The graduates had an average age of 37 and were nearly evenly split between the genders, with 54% being male. 49 countries were represented in the graduating class.
In 2016, 96% of the students enrolled for professional enrichment. Half took a single course, and half were pursuing a degree. The increase in online course offerings has fueled growth, and students from more than 150 countries are enrolled. In 2017, the school educated more students than all of the rest of Harvard combined.
In 2000, there were 14,216 students, with the youngest in their early teens and the oldest in their late 80s.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=199}} There is often a span of 60 years between the oldest and youngest students,{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=212}} and students as young as 11 years old have taken courses alongside those old enough to be their grandparents. Of the students enrolled in 2000, 75% had a bachelor's degree and 20% had a graduate degree. More than 1,700 were Harvard employees using the Tuition Assistance Program, and an estimated 10–15% were exclusively online students. Of the 255 Certificate of Special Studies graduates that year, 163 were international students hailing from 39 countries.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010|p=199}}
In the early 2000s, there were 208 students under the age of 18.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010}} Most attended local high schools, but a growing number were home-schooled.{{sfn|Shinagel|2010}} The Extension School now requires that a high school diploma or its equivalent is earned at least five years prior to enrolling in any courses applicable to its undergraduate degree.
Harvard Extension School enrolls about 4,000 international students each year. To be admitted to courses or degrees, a student must prove proficiency in the English language. If English is not a student's native language, then they must submit an official TOEFL or IELTS score with a minimum score of 100 for the TOEFL or a minimum score of 7.0 for the IELTS. International students, like American students, must meet the on-campus-only course requirements to earn a degree. The Extension School does not issue I-20s for the F-1 visa. In 2013, students came from 118 countries and 46 states.
Student life
Harvard Extension School degree students can work as faculty aides and research assistants for instructors at the university.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Admitted Degree Candidate Privileges - Harvard University Extension School|url=https://extension.harvard.edu/for-students/degree-candidate-academic-opportunities/admitted-degree-candidate-benefits/|publisher=Harvard Extension School|access-date=3 April 2023}}{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Be a Faculty Aide - Harvard University Extension School|url=https://extension.harvard.edu/for-students/degree-candidate-academic-opportunities/be-a-faculty-aide/|publisher=Harvard Extension School|access-date=3 April 2023}} They can also run for elections in the Harvard Graduate Council{{cite web|last=Park|first=Andrew|title=Harvard Graduate Council Elects Extension School Student as President for First Time|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/4/3/harvard-graduate-council-elections/|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=3 April 2023}}{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Harvard Graduate Council - President|url=https://hgc.harvard.edu/president|publisher=Harvard Graduate Council|access-date=28 June 2023|archive-date=June 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628080721/https://hgc.harvard.edu/president|url-status=bot: unknown}} and participate in Harvard Innovation Labs activities. The Harvard Extension Student Association has three student clubs{{cite web |url=https://hesa.extension.harvard.edu/clubs |title=Student Clubs - Harvard Extension School|publisher=Harvard Extension Student Association|accessdate=2023-08-01}} and five different societies:{{cite web |url=https://hesa.extension.harvard.edu/hesa-societies |title=The HESA Societies |publisher=Harvard Extension Student Association|accessdate=2023-08-01}} the Psychological Student Society,{{cite web |url=https://www.hesps.org/ |title=HES Psychological Student Society |publisher=Harvard Extension Student Association|accessdate=2023-08-01}} the Creative Writing & Literature Student Society, the Industrial Organizational Psychology Student Society,{{cite web |url=https://hesa.extension.harvard.edu/hes-industrial-organizational-psychology-society |title=HES Industrial Organizational Psychology Student Society |publisher=Harvard Extension Student Association|accessdate=2023-08-01}} the Global Development Practice Student Society, and the Veteran Student Society.
Notable people
=Alumni=
{{Main|List of alumni of the Harvard Extension School|Category:Harvard Extension School alumni|Category:Harvard Extension School faculty}}
File:Andrei Spînu (06.05.2022).jpg|Andrei Spînu (ALM),{{cite web|url=https://profiles.rise.md/profile.php?id=210104130428&lang=rom|title=Andrei Spînu - ministru|publisher=Rise Moldova|access-date=14 January 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116024820/https://profiles.rise.md/profile.php?id=210104130428&lang=rom|url-status=bot: unknown}} Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
File:Álvaro Uribe (cropped).jpg|Álvaro Uribe (CSS),{{cite web|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/uribe-speaks-hks/|title=Uribe pushes for improved relations|publisher=Harvard Gazette|access-date=14 January 2024}} 31st President of Colombia
File:Aníbal Gaviria.jpg|Aníbal Gaviria, Governor of Antioquia{{cite web|url=https://www.durban2019.uclg.org/en/uclg-leadership/anibal-gaviria-correa|title=Anibal Gaviria - Governor of Antioquia|publisher=United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Congress and Summit of Local and Regional Leaders|access-date=16 January 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116011627/https://www.durban2019.uclg.org/en/uclg-leadership/anibal-gaviria-correa|url-status=bot: unknown}}
File:Brian Mast official 115th Congress photo.jpg|Brian Mast (ALB), U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district
File:Scott Taylor official photo.jpg|Scott Taylor (ALB, ALM), U.S. representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district
File:Michael F. Fahey III (3).jpg|MajGen Michael F. Fahey (ALM 2012){{efn|MajGen Michael F. Fahey earned ALM in Management and was an enrolled student from 2008 to 2012.}}, Commanding General of the 4th Marine Division
File:Dan Choi West Point.jpg|1LT Dan Choi, United States Army
File:Chesteradolan.jpg|Maj Chester A. Dolan Jr., 83rd President of the Massachusetts Senate
File:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.jpg|Bradley Jones Jr. (ALB), Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
File:Latanya Sweeney at a Knight News Challenge event in New York City, November 2017.jpg|Latanya Sweeney (ALB), Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Dean in Currier House
File:Clarence DeMar 1.jpg|Clarence DeMar (AA), Olympic Winner
File:Chanda Rubin (USA) (21607419076).jpg|Chanda Rubin (ALB), Professional tennis player
File:Andrew Ference Cfac84 (5216493595).jpg|Andrew Ference,{{efn|Attended and earned a Professional Graduate Certificate from Harvard Extension School.}}{{cite web|url=https://extension.harvard.edu/student-story/professional-hockey-player-andrew-ference/|title=Andrew Ference - Harvard University Extension School|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=16 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2015/12/06/Technology/4-eco-athlete-stars-fighting-climate-change.aspx|title=4 Eco-Athlete All Stars Fighting Climate Change|publisher=Sports Business Journal|access-date=16 January 2024}} professional ice hockey defenseman
File:Ann Romney by Gage Skidmore.jpg|Ann Romney{{efn|Attended, did not graduate.}}, First Lady of Massachusetts
File:Peter Hans.png|Peter Hans (ALM), 7th President of University of North Carolina system{{cite web|title=The UNC System President Peter Hans|url=https://www.northcarolina.edu/president/|publisher=University of North Carolina|access-date=2 April 2023}}
File:Jamus Lim 3 (cropped).jpg|Jamus Lim (ALM 2018),{{cite web|url=http://www.jamus.name/cv_lim.pdf|title=Jamus Lim - CV|publisher=|access-date=16 January 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116221444/http://www.jamus.name/cv_lim.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}} Member of Parliament of Singapore
File:Chris Rufo 2022.jpg|Christopher Rufo (ALM), Activist
File:William Kwok at Hong Kong Baptist University.jpg|William Kwok (ALM), Martial Artist
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Colton t.jpg|Timothy Colton{{efn|Timothy Colton teaches "GOVT" at Harvard Extension School for both undergraduate credit and graduate credit.}}{{Cite web |title=2021-2022 Harvard University Extension Course Archive |url=https://extension.harvard.edu/2021-2022-extension-course-archive/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116121435/https://extension.harvard.edu/2021-2022-extension-course-archive/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website= |language=en}}
David J. Malan.png|David J. Malan
Lee-press-photo.jpg|Lee McIntyre
Michael Sandel Me Judice.png|Michael Sandel{{efn|Michael Sandel teaches "GOVT E-1035" and "GOVT E-1045" at Harvard Extension School for both undergraduate credit and graduate credit.}}{{Cite web |title=GOVT E-1035 Money, Markets, and Morals |url=https://harvard.simplesyllabus.com/en-US/doc/s3yd5ohe3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116114134/https://harvard.simplesyllabus.com/en-US/doc/s3yd5ohe3 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website= |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=GOVT E-1045 Justice |url=https://harvard.simplesyllabus.com/en-US/doc/fqfljl653 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116114610/https://harvard.simplesyllabus.com/en-US/doc/fqfljl653 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website= |language=en}}
Roy Glauber.jpg|Roy J. Glauber, Recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005
HarryRLewis headshot.jpg|Harry R. Lewis,{{efn|Harry Lewis teaches "CSCI E-121" and "CSCI E-20" at Harvard Extension School for both undergraduate credit and graduate credit.}}{{cite web|url=https://lewis.seas.harvard.edu/pages/syllabus|title=Harry R. Lewis - Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=16 January 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116014020/https://lewis.seas.harvard.edu/pages/syllabus|url-status=bot: unknown}} Dean of Harvard College
Abott Lawrence Lowell by John Singer Sargent 1923.jpeg|A. Lawrence Lowell,{{Page needed|date=January 2024}} 22nd President of Harvard University
John Kenneth Galbraith 1982.jpg|John Kenneth Galbraith{{Page needed|date=January 2024}}
William L Langer 1946.jpg|William L. Langer{{Page needed|date=January 2024}}
Josiah Royce.jpeg|Josiah Royce{{Page needed|date=January 2024}}
William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966).png|William Hocking{{Page needed|date=January 2024}}
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References
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{{cite web| url = http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/post-bac-programs/career-changer/| title = Career Change Programs| publisher = The Trustees of Princeton University| access-date = December 22, 2014| archive-date = December 23, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141223050057/http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/post-bac-programs/career-changer/| url-status = live}}
{{cite news | url = https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/11/25/extension-school-degree-names/ | title = Extension School Degree Names 'Academically Wrong,' Dean Says | first = Lucy | last = Liu | date = November 25, 2019 | access-date = December 2, 2019 | newspaper = The Harvard Crimson | archive-date = May 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200527094753/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/11/25/extension-school-degree-names/ | url-status = live}}
{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Harvard Extension School and MIT Announce New MicroMasters® Program Initiative|url=https://extension.harvard.edu/news/harvard-extension-school-and-mit-announce-new-micromasters-program-initiative/|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=29 January 2023}}
{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/10/5/physics-professor-awarded-nobel-the-glimmer/ |title=Physics Professor Awarded Nobel |access-date=October 2, 2022|publisher=The Harvard Crimson}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Shinagel | first=Michael| year= | title=The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009 | location= | publisher= Harvard University Press; Illustrated edition | isbn=978-0674051355}}
- {{cite book | last=M. Rosenberg | first=Chaim | year= | title=John Lowell Jr. and His Institute - The Power of Knowledge | location= | publisher= Lexington Books | isbn=9781793644602}}
- {{cite book | last=W. Ris | first=Ethan | year= | title=Other People's Colleges - The Origins of American Higher Education Reform | location= | publisher=University of Chicago Press | isbn=9780226820231}}
- {{cite book | last=Brennan | first= Jason | year= | title=Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education | location= | publisher=OUP USA | isbn=978-0190846282}}
- {{cite book | last=C. Kirby | first=William | year= | title=Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China | location= | publisher= Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press | isbn=978-0674737716}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://extension.harvard.edu/}}
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