The Correspondence Study Division, originally called the Home Study Division, was founded in 1922 by Frederick Siedenburg, S.J., and began with ten courses. The division was founded "in order to furnish the opportunity for study and development to men and women unable to attend the school as resident students". In 1923 William H. Agnew, S.J., then president of Loyola University, sought to have the Home Study Division recognized nationally by asking universities across the nation to recognize credit given via the Home Study Division as applying toward their degree requirements. The first director of the Home Study Division was Marie Sheehan, who lead the division for thirty-one years. During her tenure she developed higher teacher and student standards, increased the number of courses available, expanded enrollment across the globe, and arranged for the Home Study division to become a cooperating college of the United States Armed Forces Institute. Her successor, Mary Louise McPartlin, further expanded the division through admittance to the National University Extension Association, membership in the International Conference for Correspondence Education, and televising courses on local NBC stations. In 1968 the name of the Home Study Division was changed to the Correspondence Study Division. The division was closed in 1985.
From the description of Correspondence Study Division records, 1922-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 692410354
