Timeline of Higher Education in the Province

1823: Newfoundland School Society is founded to train teachers for the out-port communities
1893: Council of Higher Education (CHE) is formed to help grade 11 students matriculate to universities in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
1911: Rhodes Scholarship Committee informs CHE of dissatisfaction with the performance of Newfoundlanders at Oxford
1925: Memorial University College is founded as a living memorial to those who died in active service during World War I
1933: Memorial University College and the Normal School are merged
1949: Memorial University College becomes Memorial University, a full degree granting institution, with the passing of the University Act of 1949
1963: District Vocational Schools open around the province
1967: Adult Upgrading Centre opens in Stephenville
1977: Bay St. George Community college is established from existing vocational school, Adult Upgrading Centre and Heavy Equipment School
1987: Two institutes and five community colleges are formed
1992: Five Colleges of Arts and Technology and Continuing Education are formed from the two institutes and five community colleges
1997: College of the North Atlantic is created from five colleges; it becomes the single community college in the province
2005: "Foundation for Success: White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education" is published