Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

+100. we had an au pair who took an ESL class at Georgetown and now appears as a Georgetown alum on LinkedIn.

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

No they are not.

So what do you call the people who receive a bachelor or masters from HES?

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

No they are not.

+1 anyone can take these classes, which are virtually all taught by random adjuncts not FT Harvard professors.

Yep, anyone can take them as long as you pay for it. I took one when I was working in Boston because it was covered by company training funds. You see a lot of that, and I think Harvard's own employees can also take a certain number for free. The instruction was good but yeah it's usually adjuncts who also have another fulltime job, so I am guessing the quality would vary from person to person.

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

Considering that to be "Harvard alum" is a raging neon sign that someone is insecure. It's cringe. Not being mean, just realistic.

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

No they are not.

+1 anyone can take these classes, which are virtually all taught by random adjuncts not FT Harvard professors.

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

No they are not.

Wow. This would make me not put it on LinkedIn, because that's such a weak look.

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Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

It seems like confusion around it is a function of Linked in being inflexible.
On a resume, if you went to harvard, you'd have your education on there.
On a resume, if you took a 4-course harvard certificate, you'd be able to make it clear that it took you 18months, just a small thing

Linked in doesn't make it easy to distinguish. If you got it from harvard, you "went" to harvard. There's no quick way to indicate that you're not an alum.

Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

The Extension school does confer degrees, though. Are those people not Harvard alum?

Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

Agree with this. I went to a different school that has a certificate program. When people put this on their education on LinkedIn, it says that they are fellow alumni. It’s annoying to check out their profile and see that they just went through some certification program. I fault LinkedIn for that though, not the person.

I'm looking more at Edx.org, and not just at Harvard.

Looking at Harvard extension, which I've always heard people talk about, it's not as accessible in reality than what I thought.

$12K+ for most of the classes. I mean, it seems very real. Actually taking 4 harvard courses.

Different than a $99 certificate. But I think the $99 route is good enough for what I need.

Anonymous wrote:All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

That's funny

All I’ll say is don’t be one of those looney people who puts this on their LinkedIn page and it then shows their college as Harvard. Once you look at the profile and realize they’re actually a University of Phoenix grad you just shake your head. Attending a Harvard extension course doesn’t make you a Harvard alum or grant you ANY of its benefits. Instead, it makes you look desperate for pedigree.

There are dozens of industries and hundreds of roles with different needs.

Are there any particular Harvard Extension / other audit courses you would love to take? Want for your staff to take?