<p>Harvard Extension school is not the same as "Harvard"
Other colleges have extension schools- and course curricula and instructors are very different as are the students from the college classes at university.</p>
<p>I did notice that Harvard extension school will grant transfer credits for courses taken at an accredited college. I assume that community colleges are accredited.
Ive agreed that in general AP classes are monitored closer, but sometimes a community college class is appropriate.
I have taken some very good classes at community colleges by profs who the very next year went to schools like Northwestern.
I also have taken classes that were less rigorous.
High school students are not likely to take all their core requirements at Running start- and if they can provide the syllabus and perhaps an example of work, I don't see why there should be a blanket pronouncement that CC classes should not be taken by students attempting to enter college.
In some areas AP classes are not available, but CC classes are and I wouldn't want those students to feel that they have limited options becuase of that.</p>