Continuing education -- Nevada
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
University of Nevada, Reno, College of Extended Studies Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0506
Overview
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 Festival,...
Dates:
2000-2003
University of Nevada. Correspondence Study Department records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0501
Abstract
The University of Nevada first offered correspondence courses in the fall of 1944. The Correspondence Study Department was established in 1945. The College of Arts and Science was responsible for administration of correspondence study from 1944 through May 1, 1947. In June 1947, administrative responsibility for correspondence study was unofficially transferred to the Office of Admissions and Records. That office oversaw correspondence study through early 1950, when the School of Education...
Dates:
1944
Correspondence Study Department Reports
Collection
Identifier: AC 0497
Overview
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 for...
Dates:
1944-1950
University of Nevada, Reno, Division of Continuing Education Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0504
Overview
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 Director...
Dates:
1981-2003
University of Nevada, Reno, Extended Programs and Continuing Education Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0503
Overview
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 inludes correspondence and course catalogs.
Dates:
1977-1979
University of Nevada, Reno, Extended Studies Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0507
Overview
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...
Dates:
2003-2019
University of Nevada, Reno, General University Extension Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0502
Overview
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 other...
Dates:
1951-1977
Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Joseph Edward Stubbs
Collection
Identifier: AC 0638
Abstract
The records of University of Nevada President Joseph Edward Stubbs include the syllabus of the third lecture, "An Hour with Aristotle," part of a six-lecture course, "An Historical Study in Ethics," by Dr. Joseph E. Stubbs; printed transcriptions of his public addresses, his reports to the Board of Regents about the University, and the issue of the University of Nevada Sagebrush containing his obituary.
Dates:
1895-1914
Record of Correspondence Study Registrations
Collection
Identifier: NUB 26/01/05
Abstract
A financial report of registrations for correspondence study from November 1944 to November 1949.
Dates:
1944-1949
University of Nevada, School of Education Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0500
Overview
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...
Dates:
1932-1971