<p>I was reading a recent trend on the extensionstudent.com website regarding the name change of Harvard Extension School to the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. In my opinion, I feel that it’s better to leave the HES name as it stands. I feel that the most important thing for each student to do is concentrate on the academic opportunities that HES provides. If the person doesn’t like the name HES, why bother to attend the school to begin with? The brand name recognition means nothing without substance, which are the challenging opportunities that HES provides. It’s quite unlikely that the HES will ever be renamed Harvard University: School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The only other school that succeed with its name change was UPenn, who renamed the College of General Studies to The College of Liberal and Professional Studies.</p>