Before the implementation of the educational reform, there was a movement to search for a way for the former higher schools to continue their existence as 'junior colleges' (equivalent to junior colleges after the reform), but it ended as a dream.
学制改革実施前、「ジュニアカレッジ（改革後の短期大学に相当）」としての旧制高等学校存続を模索するうごきもあったが幻におわった。