correspondence school

Mail-based learning institution

A correspondence school is an educational institution where students learn remotely, receiving lessons and assignments by mail rather than attending classes in person.

The term dates from before the internet, when physical mail was the primary means of distance education: She earned her degree through a correspondence school while working full-time.

Now largely replaced by online learning.

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mode of instruction delivery

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Academy without boarding facilities

residential school · boarding school · classroom instruction · hands-on training · apprenticeship

educational prestige and format

correspondence schoolresidential college

On-campus living-learning community

Oxford · Harvard · prep school · finishing school · military academy

Family

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