Harvard Extension School Students Rally for Degree Name Change

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I agree that it's ridiculous- I suppose it won't hurt to attack those guidelines next. HESA plans, as part of the postcard campaign, which is actually a postcard and letter campaigning targeting the top 70 officials at Harvard individually, to send official letters on behalf of HESA, but I'm sending another one on behalf of myself. I'll be sure to bring that up then. It was already on my agenda to bring up before the Dean during our meeting in March.

You may want to also bring up that this is hurting applications and therefore the diversity of the student body. I would seriously consider doing a second masters degree there if the name changed. As it is, the general public (particularly employers) have this idea that it's a totally different and less valuable school. Harvard Extension has some amazing programs, but I think many people do not apply because they know employers look at the extension school as second class similar to how many people in the public still value an associates degree from a four year university as somehow more valuable that an associates degree from a community college. The accreditation is exactly the same and the value should be the same. It is all about perception and utility, but when the name limits who wants to take classes there the lack of diversity can lead to a lack of value.