Continuing education -- Nevada

Abstract The College of Extended Studies functioned as the academic outreach arm of the University, providing university level, lifelong educational opportunities for Nevadans. Live distance education courses were offered for remote students to enable them to earn college credit or for professional development. The collection includes a copy of the University of Nevada, Reno Outreach Strategic Planning Task Force's Final Report of April 2003, brochures for the annual Art of the Children's Book...

Abstract In June 1947, administrative responsibility for correspondence study was unofficially transferred from the College of Arts and Science to the Office of Admissions and Records, with the change officially established in 1948. There was a Director of Correspondence from 1947 through June 1948. The collection consists of the first list of correspondence courses offered by the University of Nevada, the Home Study at the University of Nevada Announcement of Courses (1948); reports of registration...

Abstract The Division of Continuing Education functioned as the academic outreach arm of the University, providing university level, lifelong educational opportunities for Nevadans. The collection is comprised of administrative records, an Academic Credit Policies and Procedures Manual, annual reports, Art of the Children's Book Festival marketing material; correspondence, course catalogs, and newsletters. Of particular interest is a 1988 questionnaire response by Grace M. Donehower, Associate...

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The University of Nevada established the Office of Statewide Services on April 1, 1954. This unit was also called General University Extension. In 1977, General University Extension became Extended Programs and Continuing Education, with an Independent Study Department. The collection includes correspondence and course catalogs.

Abstract Extended Studies functions as the academic outreach arm of the University, providing university-level, lifelong educational opportunities for Nevadans. Live distance education courses are offered for remote students to enable them to earn college credit or for professional development. The Program for Adult College Education (PACE) offers a way for undergraduate students to earn a degree by taking evening and weekend classes. Extended Studies administers courses required for certification of...

Abstract The University of Nevada Statewide Services was renamed, effective July 1, 1964, to General University Extension. It included Evening Classes, Off-Campus Programs, Correspondence Study, Continuing Education (formerly Special Projects and Institutes), Technical Education, Civil Defense Training, Audio-Visual Education, and Summer Session. The collection includes annual reports, class schedules, conference and workshop reports, two creative writing anthologies, newsletters (1970-1974), and...

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A financial report of registrations for correspondence study from November 1944 to November 1949.

Abstract Early in the history of the Nevada State University, the College of Arts and Science had a Department of Education, which eventually became the School of Education. The School of Education assumed administrative responsibility for the Correspondence Study Department in 1950. The University of Nevada's School of Education became the College of Education in 1953. The School of Education records include articles that appeared in issues of the University of Nevada Bulletin in the 1930s, course...

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The University of Nevada conducted its first Summer School in 1912. The students, all teachers, began a diary describing their experiences, including extracurricular activities in Reno, Virginia City, and at Lake Tahoe. The diary was continued by the Summer School students of 1913 and 1914.

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The records include marketing material for the first Fred Waring Music Workshop to be held in the western United States. It was a credit course during the 1968 Summer Session at the University of Nevada in Reno.