York and Rhode Island, now the Eastern Nazarene College of Massachusetts. Both were founded as postsecondary institutions (in 1833 and 1900, respectively), but the latter would drop its college curriculum and exist as a college preparatory school from 1902 to 1918, which demonstrates the flexibility of the term collegiate institute. Partly because the term institute holds some ambiguity, many such schools would later change their names to use college instead of collegiate institute to represent their nature and mission more accurately, and the term "collegiate institute" would see little use after the early 20th century. United Kingdom A collegiate school is a term adopted by some older independent secondary schools which were academically orientated with a goal to prepare pupils for college and university admission. References External links Collegiate - The Canadian Encyclopedia Education in Canada School types Types of university or college Higher education