{"product_id":"the-gates-unbarred-michael-shinagel-9780674051355","title":"The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910-2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gates Unbarred\u003c\/i\u003e traces the evolution of University Extension at Harvard from the Lyceum movement in Boston to its creation by the newly appointed president A. Lawrence Lowell in 1910. For a century University Extension has provided community access to Harvard, including the opportunity for women and men to earn a degree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its storied history, University Extension played a pioneering role in American continuing higher education: initiating educational radio courses with Harvard professors in the late 1940s, followed by collegiate television courses for credit in the 1950s, and more recently Harvard College courses available online. In the 1960s a two-year curriculum was prepared for the U.S. nuclear navy (\"Polaris University\"), and in the early 1970s Extension responded to community needs by reaching out to Cambridge and Roxbury with special applied programs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis history is not only about special programs but also about remarkable people, from the distinguished members of the Harvard faculty who taught evenings in Harvard Yard to the singular students who earned degrees, ranging from the youngest ALB at age eighteen, to the oldest ALB and ALM recipients, both aged eighty-nine--and both records at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Shinagel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674051351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674051355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael Shinagel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992267948287,"sku":"9780674051355","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_940162ce-b14f-4b56-8b72-555399088e22.jpg?v=1683315063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gates-unbarred-michael-shinagel-9780674051355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}