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Newfoundland and Labrador has had the same growing pains as other provinces in developing its own form of education and now boasts a very strong, although relatively small, system. The direction of Newfoundland and Labrador’s policy has evolved rapidly since the late 1990s, with increased funding, participation rates, accessibility and transferability. Many of the directives the government has been acting upon in the past 10 years have been a result of recommendations that stemmed from a 2005 white paper: ''Foundation for Success: White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education''〔(Newfoundland and Labrador. (2005). ''Foundation for success: White paper on public post-secondary education.'' St. John’s, NL: Department of Education Retrieved on May 15, 2008 )〕 It set the course for furthering the strategic directives of the provincial post-secondary education sector. Some of the recommendations aimed to: *Strengthen the base of the post-secondary education system *Improve the capacity of the university and college *Provide greater support services to students *Maintaining adequate and stable funding for the students and the institutions *Improve accountability and collaboration within and between the post-secondary institutions == Timeline of Higher Education in the Province == * 1823: Newfoundland School Society was founded to train teachers for the out-port communities * 1893: Council of Higher Education (CHE) formed to help grade 11 students matriculate to universities in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom * 1911: Rhodes Scholarship Committee informed CHE of dissatisfaction with the performance of Newfoundlanders at Oxford * 1925: Memorial University College founded as a living memorial to those who died in active service during World War I * 1933: Memorial University College and the Normal School 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 established from existing vocational school, Adult Upgrading Centre and Heavy Equipment School. * 1987: Two Institutes and Five Community Colleges 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 created from five colleges. It becomes the single community college in the province.〔 * 2005: "Foundation for Success: White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education" published 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Higher education in Newfoundland and Labrador」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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