The Division of Continuing Education was established in 1970 and became the de facto academic outreach program for the University. Its goal was to improve access to the academic resources of the University for part-time students. Shortly after its inception, this included the development of a specialized admissions process approved by the Faculty Senate and an integrated counseling, advising, registration and records operation geared to the needs of part-time students. The Division of Continuing Education continues to provide specialized services and programming for part-time students including Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for Public School Students (TEAMS) and Arts Extention, which acts as a catalyst to stimulate interaction between the fine arts resources of the University and the people in the Commonwealth.

The bulk of the Continuing Education records is contained in three major series including the Division of Continuing Education (1970- ), records of the Everywomans Center (1971- ), and administrative records of University Conference Services (1906- ).

The Continuing Education record group is organized into thirteen major series, including Administration of Continuing Education as a Whole, Publications, Everywoman's Center, University Conference Services, Mental Retardation Project, Arts Extension Service, Northeast Metric Research Center, Legal Assistant Training Program, Women's Program Development, Citizen Involvement Training Project (CITP), Energy Education Center, University Writing Program, and Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for Public School Students.