KAQAQC

•há 2 anos
Não tenho uma resposta para sua pergunta generalizada aqui, mas aqui estão algumas
divagações e anedotas sobre o assunto...
Conversei com vários professores de outras instituições (N=~10), alguns dos quais já
haviam frequentado várias faculdades de pós-graduação em Harvard. Apresentei-me,
contei minha história e expliquei que estava frequentando o HES, etc.
Agora, as pessoas geralmente são mais educadas em nossas faces do que podem pensar
em suas cabeças, e eu não estava me candidatando a programas de doutorado ou algo
assim, caso em que talvez houvesse mais escrutínio. Mas, de qualquer forma, minha
experiência tem sido positiva.
Muitos pareciam não saber que Harvard tem um programa à distância e não
perguntaram se havia alguma distinção. Um ex-aluno de Harvard disse: "Ah, legal, fiz
minha primeira aula nessa matéria através do HES antes de frequentar a faculdade de
direito de Harvard... realmente gostei dessa aula."
Outros disseram que parecia um bom programa e me incentivaram a continuar para um
doutorado.
Mesmo que alguém questione a validade ou o rigor do programa, tenho certeza de que o
que aprendi no programa me preparou mais do que o suficiente para provar a mim
mesmo e meu conhecimento através do meu trabalho e conversas, o que é o que a
maioria das pessoas se importa. Não o pedaço de papel pendurado na sua parede em
casa ou no escritório.
Não só isso, mas caso alguém quisesse entrar nos detalhes sobre "rigor", olhei bastante
os planos de aula de vários cursos de graduação / faculdade de Harvard
([Link]) e estou confiante de que minhas aulas do HES foram tão
rigorosas quanto e estou preparado para falar sobre essa questão se ela surgisse, o que
não aconteceu, e não estou realmente esperando que aconteça.
Novamente, obviamente anedótico, e não há como medir qualquer tipo de efeito
estatisticamente significativo do nome "extensão" em interações ou aplicações, mas não
tive nenhuma experiência que me faça sentir menos orgulhoso do trabalho que fiz.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harvard Extension School

Motto Veritas

Motto in English "Truth"

Type Private extension school

Established 1910; 116 years ago[1]

Parent institution Harvard University

Dean Nancy Coleman[2]

Undergraduates 795[3]

Postgraduates 3,100[3]

Location Cambridge

Massachusetts

United States

Campus Urban

Website [Link]
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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 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,[4][5] HES was

commissioned to extend[6] education, equivalent in academic rigor to traditional
Harvard programs, to non-traditional and part-time students, as well as lifelong
learners.[7][8] Under the supervision of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
[9]
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.

Degrees earned through the Harvard Extension School are formally conferred
by Harvard University under the authority of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
They include the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) and Master of Liberal
Arts (ALM). Harvard Extension School degree recipients are Harvard alumni.

History
Main article: History of Harvard Extension School
The school was founded in 1910 by Harvard president A. Lawrence Lowell who
built on his work with the Lowell Institute. He 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."[10] It was designed to serve the educational interests and needs of
the Greater Boston community,[11] particularly those "who had the ability and
desire to attend college, but also had other obligations that kept them from
traditional schools".[7]
 The Harvard Extension School building
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]".[12] 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.[13][14][15] Early faculty
included Charles Townsend Copeland, William Yandell Elliott, William L.
Langer, Oscar Handlin, Perry Miller, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Frank M.
Carpenter.[16] During the 1920s, affiliates traveled around New England to teach
courses offsite.[17] While they were primarily aimed at teachers, courses were
offered whenever 40 or more students expressed an interest.[17] Professors
traveled on a weekly basis to places as far away as Yonkers, New York,[17] 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.
[18]
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."[19] In his will, John Lowell asked his successors to develop courses
"more erudite and particular corresponding to the age".[13] By the 50th
anniversary of the Commission of Extension in 1960, more than 1,400 courses
had taught to over 85,000.[20]

In the 2010s, more than 100 years after its founding, the Extension School's
classes were described as "surprisingly affordable"[21] and the school itself was
said to be a "thriving institution."[22]

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).[8] From 1911 to 1933,
the school offered an Associate in Arts, and from 1933 to 1960, it offered an
Adjunct in Arts.[8] Both were considered the equivalent of a bachelor's degree.
 From 1971 to 2014, the school offered an Associate of Arts in Extension
[8]

Studies (AA), the equivalent of a two-year degree.[8]

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[23] 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[a]
 Nancy Coleman, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education,
2020–present[25]
Accreditation and partnerships
Harvard University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher
Education.[26]

Harvard Business School Online's Credential of Readiness (CORe) program

can be counted for Extension School undergraduate academic credit on a pass
fail basis.[27][28]

The graduate program in Museum Studies has a partnership with

the Smithsonian Institution.[29] The partnered courses include two active learning
weekends in Washington, D.C.[29] Harvard Extension School has collaborated
with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Micromasters program[30] for
Management, Sustainability, and Development Practice Masters degree
program.[30][31]

Academics
See also: Derek Bok Public Service Prizes and Grossman Library

Year Courses offered

1910[1] 16

1915–15[1] 24

1918–19[1] 33

1921–22[1] 22

1922–23[32] 27

1923–24[32] 29

1951–52[1] 30

1953–54[13] 32

1956–57[1] 37

1959–60[1] 56

1962–63[1] 70

1971–72[1] 144

1974–75[1] 135

1975–76[1] ~200

1979–80[1] 316

1980–81[1] 335
 1981–82[1] 398

1983–84[1] 480

1984–85[1] 527

1986–87[1] 575

1999–2000[1] 584

2016[33] ~800

2018[26] [b]

2019[34] >900

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.[35] 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.[c] Since the
school's inception, it has only graduated less than two out of every thousand
(0.2%) of its students.[36] As of 2009, nearly 13,000[37] have graduated with
degrees.[d][37]

In August 2018, Grossman Library, located in Sever Hall, merged with the
larger Harvard College Library system,[39] giving non-degree students access to
the Harvard Library, including electronic resources and select computer
facilities.[40] 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.[40][41][42] Career services and
academic advising are offered through the school's Career and Academic
Resource Center.[40][43]

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."[12] 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.[44][45] A New York Times guidebook stated that professors
said some courses were "virtually identical."[46][47] 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.[48]

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.[33] Nobel laureate Roy J.
Glauber has taught Extension courses.[46]

Special student
Extension degree candidates may also apply for "Special Student status" to
enroll for up to two courses per semester in Harvard College, Harvard Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, or another Harvard Graduate School.[49]

Pre-medical program
A pre-medical program was established at the Extension School in 1980.
[50]
Students who successfully complete the program are eligible for sponsorship
and a committee letter of support in their applications to medical school.[51][52]

Distance education
Harvard Extension was a pioneer in distance education.[26] 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.[53] 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.[54] The first course, offered
by Robert G. Albion, was on European Imperialism.[55] In the late 1960s, three of
the televised courses were offered in the Deer Island Prison.[56] 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.[55]

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.[33] Between 2013 and 2016, the
number of online classes grew from 200 to more than 450.[33]
Degree programs

Harvard University Extension School Commencement 2019

Harvard University Extension School Procession commencement procession at Harvard

Yard

Year Associate Bachelor's Master's References

1913–
120 n/a n/a [1][α]

1933

1934–
24 n/a n/a [1][α]

1936

1937–
78 n/a n/a [1][α]

1952

1953 6 n/a n/a [1][α]

1954–
57 n/a n/a [1][α]

1962

1963 n/a 14 n/a [1]

1964 n/a 22 n/a [1]

1966 n/a 35 n/a [1]

1967 n/a 31 n/a [1]

1968 n/a 48 n/a [1]

1971 n/a 38 n/a [1]

1972 44 54 n/a [1]

 1975 37 42 n/a [1]

1976 <82 <82 n/a [1][β]

1980 n/a ? 1 [1]

1981 n/a ? 3 [1]

1982 n/a 91 15 [1]

1985 n/a <158 <158 [1][β]

1987 n/a <143 <143 [1][β]

2000 <226 <226 <226 [1][β]

2008 7 111 91 [1]

2013 <645 <645 <645 [34][β]

2014 5 152 539 [57]

2016 8 148 627 [58]

2017 7 144 706 [59]

2018 4 153 890 [60]

2019 3 159 962 [61][34]

2020 0 166 1,070 [62]

2022 0 192 1,287 [63][β]

1. 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.
2. Only aggregate numbers were reported for these
years.

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.[33] 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."[33] If the admission
requirements are met, acceptance is not guaranteed but very likely. About 85%
of those admitted successfully earn their degree (ALB).[33]

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).[64] 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.[33]

Students who wish to earn degrees must be formally admitted by the

Admissions Committee.[65] 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.[66] As of 2019–20, an
undergraduate degree cost about $58,800, and a graduate degree cost about
$28,400–$34,080.[35]

Of the over 30,000 students enrolled in the Extension School,[67][26] 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).[3]

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.[68] 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."[65]

Once admitted as an ALB degree candidate, students must successfully

complete 128 credits[68] (Harvard courses are typically 4 credits each) and
maintain good academic standing to meet graduation requirements.[69] 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.[69] Students select one of three
"areas of concentration" which are humanities, science, and social sciences.[69]

ALB degree candidates are also required to complete a minimum of 16 on-

campus-only credits at Harvard;[70] 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.[68] In addition to a concentration, degree
candidates have the option to pursue one of twenty "fields of study" (similar to
majors).[71] 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.[69] Students may also complement their degree with up to two minors.[71]

Undergraduate admissions
Undergraduate degree programs require pre-admission courses as well as a
formal application process.[72] 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."[73] 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.[68] 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).[72] 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).[74] 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.[75]

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.
[72]
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.[76] 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.[77]

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.[78][79] 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.[78]

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.[80] 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.'"[80] 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.[81] In 2022,[82] and again in 2023,
[83]
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.[84] Alpha
Sigma Lambda, the national honor society for nontraditional students, has a
Harvard chapter.[85] There is a student government body for the Harvard
Extension School which participates in the Harvard Graduate Council.
[86]
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.[87]

The class of 2019, the largest class to date, had 1,184 graduates.[88] The
graduates had an average age of 37 and were nearly evenly split between the
genders, with 54% being male.[88] 49 countries were represented in the
graduating class.[88]

In 2016, 96% of the students enrolled for professional enrichment.[33][26] Half took
a single course, and half were pursuing a degree.[33] The increase in online
course offerings has fueled growth, and students from more than 150 countries
are enrolled.[33] In 2017, the school educated more students than all of the rest of
Harvard combined.[26]

In 2000, there were 14,216 students, with the youngest in their early teens and
the oldest in their late 80s.[89][65] There is often a span of 60 years between the
oldest and youngest students,[90] and students as young as 11 years old have
taken courses alongside those old enough to be their grandparents.[91] 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.[89]

In the early 2000s, there were 208 students under the age of 18.[23] Most
attended local high schools, but a growing number were home-schooled.[23] 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.[92][93]
Harvard Extension School enrolls about 4,000 international students each year.
[94]
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.[94] In 2013,
students came from 118 countries and 46 states.[65]

Student life
Harvard Extension School degree students can work as faculty aides and
research assistants for instructors at the university.[95][96] They can also run for
elections in the Harvard Graduate Council[97][98] and participate in Harvard
Innovation Labs activities.[95] The Harvard Extension Student Association has
three student clubs[99] and five different societies:[100] the Psychological Student
Society,[101] the Creative Writing & Literature Student Society, the Industrial
Organizational Psychology Student Society,[102] the Global Development Practice
Student Society, and the Veteran Student Society.

Notable people
Alumni
Main pages: List of alumni of the Harvard Extension School, Category:Harvard
Extension School alumni, and Category:Harvard Extension School faculty

 Notable alumni include:

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[103]
Andrei Spînu (ALM), Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova

[104]
Álvaro Uribe (CSS), 31st President of Colombia
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[105]
Aníbal Gaviria, Governor of Antioquia

Brian Mast (ALB), U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional

district

Scott Taylor (ALB, ALM), U.S. representative for Virginia's 2nd

congressional district

[e]
MajGen Michael F. Fahey (ALM 2012) , Commanding General of the 4th
Marine Division
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1LT Dan Choi, United States Army

Maj Chester A. Dolan Jr., 83rd President of the Massachusetts Senate

Bradley Jones Jr. (ALB), Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of

Representatives

Latanya Sweeney (ALB), Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty

Dean in Currier House
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Clarence DeMar (AA), Olympic Winner

Chanda Rubin (ALB), Professional tennis player

[f][106][107]
Andrew Ference, professional ice hockey defenseman

[g]
Ann Romney , First Lady of Massachusetts

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Peter Hans (ALM), 7th President of University of North Carolina system

[109]
Jamus Lim (ALM 2018), Member of Parliament of Singapore

Christopher Rufo (ALM), Activist

William Kwok (ALM), Martial Artist

Faculty

 Notable present and past Harvard Extension faculty include:

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[h][110]
Timothy Colton
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[110]
David J. Malan

Lee McIntyre

[i][110][111][112]
Michael Sandel

[113]
Roy J. Glauber, Recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005

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Harry R. Lewis, Dean of Harvard College

[1][page needed]
A. Lawrence Lowell, 22nd President of Harvard University

[1][page needed]
John Kenneth Galbraith

[1][page needed]
William L. Langer

[1][page needed]
Josiah Royce
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[1][page needed]
William Hocking

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Notes
a. Between Lambert's retirement and Coleman's appointment, Henry H.
Leitner served as interim dean.[24]
b. Approximately 600 of the courses were offered online.
c. 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.
d. 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.[38]
e. MajGen Michael F. Fahey earned ALM in Management and was an
enrolled student from 2008 to 2012.
f. Attended and earned a Professional Graduate Certificate from Harvard
Extension School.
g. Attended, did not graduate.
h. Timothy Colton teaches "GOVT" at Harvard Extension School for both
undergraduate credit and graduate credit.
i. Michael Sandel teaches "GOVT E-1035" and "GOVT E-1045" at
Harvard Extension School for both undergraduate credit and graduate
credit.
j. Harry Lewis teaches "CSCI E-121" and "CSCI E-20" at Harvard
Extension School for both undergraduate credit and graduate credit.
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Further reading
 Shinagel, Michael. The Gates Unbarred: A History of University
Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009. Harvard University Press;
Illustrated edition. ISBN 978-0674051355.
 M. Rosenberg, Chaim. John Lowell Jr. and His Institute - The Power
of Knowledge. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793644602.
 W. Ris, Ethan. Other People's Colleges - The Origins of American
Higher Education Reform. University of Chicago
Press. ISBN 9780226820231.
 Brennan, Jason. Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of
Higher Education. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0190846282.
 C. Kirby, William. Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University
from Germany to America to China. Belknap Press: An Imprint of
Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674737716.
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