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76-606: Lowell's will set up an endowment with a principal of over $ 1 million (in 1909), stipulating 10% of its net annual income was to be added back to help it grow. None of the fund was to be invested in a building for the lectures. The trustees of the Boston Athenaeum were made visitors of the fund, but the trustee of the fund is authorized to select his own successor. In naming a successor, the institute's trustee must always choose in preference to all others some male descendant of Lowell's grandfather, John Lowell , provided there

152-637: 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

228-639: 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." It was designed to serve the educational interests and needs of the Greater Boston community, particularly those "who had the ability and desire to attend college, but also had other obligations that kept them from traditional schools." James Hardy Ropes , Extension's first dean , said that "our aim will be to give

304-548: 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. Founded in 1910, based out of his work with the Lowell Institute , then-Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell , wanted to tether his work to

380-406: 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

456-495: 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

532-540: A gallery of sculptures and paintings, collections of coins and natural curiosities, and even a laboratory. This ambitious design has developed over the past two hundred years with some changes in focus (e.g., there is no chemistry lab) but remaining true to the ideal expressed in the institution's seal, chosen in 1814: Literarum fructus dulces , meaning "Sweet are the Fruits of Letters." The first yearly subscriptions were sold for ten dollars; only members were allowed to enter

608-755: 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). The undergraduate curriculum requires expository writing, quantitative reasoning, foreign language, moral reasoning, upper-level coursework, and an area of concentration. The expository writing class

684-613: 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

760-412: A maximum of 64 credits from other accredited post-secondary institutions, but 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

836-506: 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 degree programs require pre-admission courses as well as

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912-681: 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. 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

988-781: 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. 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

1064-602: A post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate are also offered. Established by then-university President A. Lawrence Lowell , HES was commissioned to extend 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 , 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

1140-467: A public gallery; a rare books collection of over 100,000 volumes; an art collection of 100,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and decorative arts; research collections including one of the world's most important collections of primary materials on the American Civil War ; and a public forum offering lectures, readings, concerts, and other events. Special treasures include

1216-584: 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. 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

1292-408: 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

1368-564: 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

1444-432: 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 . Application to a graduate degree program requires an accredited 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

1520-635: A time. By the early 1840s, Boston was a fast-growing city, and Pearl Street was built up commercially, with warehouses crowding around the Athenæum building. The trustees moved to construct a new building in order to facilitate access to the Athenaeum. Land was acquired on Beacon Street overlooking the Old Granary Burying Ground , and the cornerstone was laid in 1847. In 1849, the current location opened at 10½ Beacon Street. It

1596-684: A two-year degree. A proposal before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and 2010 to rename the school and the degrees offered was not accepted. 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

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1672-485: A week at 7:30 in their living rooms simply by tuning into courses on psychology, world history, and economics. 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. The first course, offered by Robert G. Albion ,

1748-650: 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. 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." In his will, John Lowell asked his successors to develop courses "more erudite and particular corresponding to

1824-470: A wider audience through Vimeo , an open video platform. A few examples of the special collections: The collections include many areas that are not documented elsewhere, e.g, the newspapers from the Confederate States of America Imprint Collection Harvard University Extension School Harvard Extension School ( HES ) is the continuing education School of Harvard University ,

1900-508: A young Harvard graduate by the name of Phineas Adams established the magazine The Monthly Anthology, or Magazine of Polite Literature . Adams left the New England area in 1804, having insufficient funds to continue the periodical; however, the printers Munroe and Francis convinced other young men to contribute to and continue the magazine under the new title of The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review . By 1805, these young men founded

1976-582: 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

2052-479: 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

2128-553: Is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of a number of membership libraries , for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenaeum services. The institution was founded in 1807 by the Anthology Club of Boston , Massachusetts . It is located at 10½ Beacon Street on Beacon Hill . Resources of the Boston Athenaeum include a large circulating book collection;

2204-574: Is one who is competent to hold the office of trustee, and of the name of Lowell. The sole trustee so appointed is solely responsible for the entire selection of the lecturers and the subjects of lectures. The first trustee was Lowell's cousin, John Amory Lowell , who administered the trust for more than forty years, and was succeeded in 1881 by his son, Augustus Lowell . He in turn was succeeded in 1900 by his son Abbott Lawrence Lowell , who in 1909 also became president of Harvard University . The founder provided for two kinds of lectures, one popular, and

2280-644: The Anthology Society . The Boston Athenaeum was founded in 1807 by members of the Anthology Society , literary individuals who began with a plan to have a reading room. The first librarian, William Smith Shaw , and the new trustees had ambitious plans for the Athenaeum, basing their vision on the Athenæum and Lyceum in Liverpool, England. Their vision was expanded to include a library encompassing books in all subjects in English and foreign languages,

2356-559: 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

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2432-550: The F-1 visa . In 2013, students came from 118 countries and 46 states. Harvard Extension School degree students can work as faculty aides and research assistants for instructors at the university. They can also run for elections in the Harvard Graduate Council and participate in Harvard Innovation Labs activities. The Harvard Extension Student Association has three student clubs and five different societies:

2508-644: The King's Chapel Library and the Theological Library belonging to the Boston Association of Ministers were deposited in the Athenaeum. Work was begun on a shelf catalog in 1827. That same year, the art gallery was established, and the first annual exhibition opened. Measures were undertaken in 1830 to turn the collections into a circulating library. Once the Athenaeum became a circulating library, only four books were allowed to be checked out at

2584-922: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and in 1903 these were superseded by an evening "School for Industrial Foremen" sharing classroom and laboratory facilities. Over time, this became known as the Lowell Institute School, remaining on the MIT campus until 1996, when it was transferred to the Northeastern University Engineering School. The Lowell Institute School now is a division of the School of Professional Studies at Northeastern, offering full- and part-time programs leading to certificates, and associate's or bachelor's degrees. In 1907, under

2660-733: The National Portrait Gallery (an arm of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.) for $ 5 million; when this agreement became public in April 1979, there was strong public opposition to it in Boston but the National Portrait Gallery argued that the portraits were of national historic value and belonged in the Smithsonian. A campaign by prominent Bostonians to raise $ 5 million to keep

2736-422: 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

2812-568: The 255 Certificate of Special Studies graduates that year, 163 were international students hailing from 39 countries. In the early 2000s, there were 208 students under the age of 18. Most attended local high schools, but a growing number were home-schooled. 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,

2888-479: The Athenaeum's rooms, although they could bring guests. The Athenaeum's collections were initially non-circulating, meaning that even members could not check out books to take home. At first, the Boston Athenaeum rented rooms, then in 1809 bought a small house adjacent to the King's Chapel Burying Ground , and in 1822 moved into a mansion on Pearl Street, where a lecture hall and gallery space were added within four years. In 1823, Shaw stepped down as librarian, and

2964-400: The Boston Athenaeum employed the architectural firm of Bigelow and Wadsworth to expand the building. The fourth and fifth floors were set back so as not to disrupt the symmetry of the façade. This renovation fireproofed the building and expanded the space, including the addition of the beautiful fifth floor reading room and the fourth floor Trustees’ Room. At the same time, much-needed shelving

3040-634: The Dean of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences . There have been seven deans in the school's history and three are alumni of Harvard College : 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

3116-491: 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. 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. A pre-medical program

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3192-522: The Extension School. 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. 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

3268-555: The Library of Congress system. Many of the Trustees at the Boston Athenaeum participated in the movement to create a separate museum in Boston. In the years 1872–1876, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts exhibited in the Athenaeum's gallery space while awaiting completion of its new building's construction. There would be no more annual exhibitions; shelves were installed and the library spread to the first and third floors. From 1913–1914,

3344-732: The aegis of the Museum of Science Boston . In addition, the Lowell Institute sponsors the Forum Network , a public media service of the WGBH Educational Foundation which distributes free public lectures over the Internet, from a large number of program partners in and beyond Boston. As to the advanced lectures, the founder seems to have had in view what is now called university extension , and in this he

3420-478: The age." By the 50th anniversary of the Commission of Extension in 1960, more than 1,400 courses had taught to over 85,000. 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." The Extension School currently offers two degrees (and has offered these degrees since 1979):

3496-504: The collections' strengths focus on Boston and New England history, biography, British and American literature, as well as fine and decorative arts. The Boston Athenaeum's rare and circulating books, maps and manuscripts reflect the collecting interests of the Library as it has narrowed its focus from encyclopedic in the 19th century to an emphasis on the humanities and its large, historic collection of art includes paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, and decorative arts. Over 260 book funds,

3572-595: 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

3648-547: The early years, a commission composed of several Boston area schools ran the courses, though it was largely a Harvard-run program. Early faculty included Charles Townsend Copeland , William Yandell Elliott , William L. Langer , Oscar Handlin , Perry Miller , John Kenneth Galbraith , and Frank M. Carpenter . 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

3724-423: 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

3800-468: 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

3876-416: 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

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3952-619: The larger Harvard College Library system, 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

4028-468: The largest portion of President George Washington's library from Mount Vernon ; Jean-Antoine Houdon busts of Washington , Benjamin Franklin , and Lafayette once owned by Thomas Jefferson ; a first edition copy of John James Audubon 's The Birds of America ; a 1799 set of Francisco Goya 's Los caprichos ; portraits by Gilbert Stuart , Chester Harding , and John Singer Sargent ; and one of

4104-581: The mid-20th century, the Lowell Institute decided to enter the broadcasting business, which led to the creation of the WGBH-FM radio station in 1952, and the WGBH-TV television station in 1955. The WGBH Educational Foundation is now one of the largest producers of public television content and public radio programming in the United States. As of 2013, the Lowell Institute sponsors an annual series of free public lectures on current scientific topics, under

4180-465: The most extensive collections of contemporary artists' books in the United States. The Boston Athenaeum is also known for the many prominent writers, scholars, and politicians who have been members, including Ralph Waldo Emerson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Louisa May Alcott , Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. , Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , John Quincy Adams , Margaret Fuller , Francis Parkman , Amy Lowell , John F. Kennedy , and Edward M. Kennedy . In 1803,

4256-490: The oldest and largest of which was endowed by John Bromfield Jr. in 1845, support the addition of more than 3,000 volumes per year to the collection. In addition to catalogs of special collections such as the catalog of the Washington Collection, the Athenaeum printed the following general-purpose catalogs of books in its collection before creating a card catalog in 1903: The first catalog, that of 1810,

4332-410: The other more advanced. The popular lectures have taken the form of courses usually ranging from half a dozen to a dozen lectures, and covering almost every subject. The payments to the lecturers have always been large, and lectures of many eminent people from America and Europe have been sponsored. A number of books have been published which consist of those lectures or have been based upon them. During

4408-595: The portraits could not be sold without his permission. In early 1980, the National Portrait Gallery and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts agreed to jointly purchase the portraits, which would then spend alternating three-year terms at each institution. The mission of the Boston Athenaeum is to engage all who seek knowledge by making accessible the library's collections and spaces, thereby inspiring reflection, discourse, creative expression, and joy. The Athenaeum's holdings currently include over 600,000 volumes, and

4484-569: The portraits in Massachusetts fell well short of its goal. The Athenæum refused to lower the $ 5 million price, which it called a significant discount from the portraits' market value. The City of Boston sued to forestall the sale, naming Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti (whose office the Commonwealth's constitution designates as "custodian of public property") in the suit, and this led Bellotti to declare that

4560-561: The proseminar course—often considered a "gatekeeper" course—will be denied admission indefinitely. 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 . Alpha Sigma Lambda , the national honor society for nontraditional students, has a Harvard chapter. There

4636-510: 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." 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

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4712-549: 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. 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. In August 2018, Grossman Library , located in Sever Hall, merged with

4788-552: The space, using it to spread out the collections and to revise and complete the five-volume catalog. He created his own classification system, known as Expansive Classification , in order to revise and finish the five-volume catalog. Later, the Cutter system became the basis for the Library of Congress classification system; the sections of call number used to alphabetically designate authors’ names are still known as "Cutter numbers" in

4864-599: The title of "Collegiate Courses", a number of the elementary courses in Harvard University were offered free to the public under the same conditions of study and examination as in the university. This program eventually became the Harvard University Extension School , now offering hundreds of courses, and certificate and academic degree programs to residents of Greater Boston . Boston Athenaeum The Boston Athenaeum

4940-456: 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]." 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

5016-568: The youngest in their early teens and the oldest in their late 80s. There is often a span of 60 years between the oldest and youngest students, 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

5092-520: Was appointed as Stanford Calderwood Director of the Athenaeum. The Athenæum had long owned two famous, unfinished portraits of George and Martha Washington . They had been on loan to the Boston Museum of Fine Art since 1876, but eventually the Athenæum, needing money, asked the Museum to purchase them outright, which the Museum declined to do. The Athenæum then agreed to sell the portraits to

5168-480: Was compiled by the Rev. Joseph McKean . The Athenaeum has digitized a wide range of its holdings, and continues to do so. The digitized holdings are described on-line and are an effort to make them more accessible to researchers, students, Athenaeum members, and scholars. A few examples from the many collections in the digital library: Since 2013, the Athenaeum has made its extensive on-going lecture series available to

5244-407: Was established at the Extension School in 1980. Students who successfully complete the program are eligible for sponsorship and a committee letter of support in their applications to medical school. 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

5320-426: Was far ahead of his time. In pursuance of this provision, public instruction of various kinds has been given from time to time by the institute. The first freehand drawing in Boston was taught there, but was given up when the public schools undertook it. In the same way, a school of practical design was carried on for many years, but finally in 1903 was transferred to the Museum of Fine Arts . Instruction for working men

5396-799: Was given at the Wells Memorial Institute until 1908, when the Franklin Foundation took up the work, which resulted in the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT). A Teacher's School of Science was maintained in co-operation with the Boston Society of Natural History , later renamed the Museum of Science Boston , which still continues to sponsor professional development courses for secondary school science teachers. For many years, advanced courses of lectures were given by professors of

5472-428: Was installed in the form of a drum stack — a ten-story Snead stack occupying a semi-circular space from the basement to the third floor. The Boston Athenaeum was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. Between 1999 and 2002, the Boston Athenaeum underwent a major renovation to update its climate control system, gain more space for books, and add new gallery space on the first floor. In May 2020, Leah Rosovsky

5548-876: Was not successful in making any changes. In 2022, and again in 2023, 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. The dean of the extension school is also the Dean of the Harvard Division of Continuing Education , who works under and reports directly to

5624-690: Was on European Imperialism. In the late 1960s, three of the televised courses were offered in the Deer Island Prison . 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

5700-524: Was the first space designed for the Boston Athenaeum's specific needs. The first floor held the sculpture gallery; the second, the library; and the third, the paintings gallery. The architect was Edward Clarke Cabot , an artist and dilettante whose design was selected because his ingenious arch over graves in the Granary Burial Ground allowed more space on all floors above the basement level. The neo-Palladian façade of "Patterson sandstone"

5776-459: Was unique in Boston and remains so today. The Boston Athenaeum included sculptures by John Frazee . Charles Ammi Cutter became librarian in 1869, succeeding William Frederick Poole . Until this point, work had been uninspired on the comprehensive catalog of the library's holdings. The Athenaeum's exhibition area opened up when the Museum of Fine Arts moved the collections into their own space overlooking Copley Square. Cutter took advantage of

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