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Public Ivy is a term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book Public Ivys: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities to refer to universities which "provide an Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 collegiate experience at a public school price." Public Ivies are considered, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, to be capable of "successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor...






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Public Ivy is a term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book Public Ivys: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities to refer to universities which "provide an Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 collegiate experience at a public school price." Public Ivies are considered, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, to be capable of "successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor... attracting superstar faculty and in competing for the best and brightest students of all races."

Origins of the term

Moll, who earned his Master of Divinity
Master of Divinity

In Christianity theology, the Master of Divinity is both the first professional degree and also the terminal degree in Divinity in North America and is a common academic degree in theology seminary....
 degree from Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
 in 1959, was an admissions officer at Yale
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
, and the director of admissions at Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine, Maine....
, University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz

The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public university, residential college university; one of ten campuses in the University of California....
, and Vassar College
Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational, Liberal arts colleges in the United States situated in the town of Poughkeepsie , New York, New York, United States....
. He traveled the nation examining higher education and in particular, identified eight public institutions (the same as the number of Ivy League members) which he thought had the look and feel of an Ivy League university. In addition to academic excellence, other factors considered by Moll included those that were visually like an Ivy League, aged as an Ivy League, had traditions like an Ivy League, and so forth.

The original eight Public Ivies

The original eight Public Ivies list by Moll (1985):

  • College of William & Mary (Williamsburg
    Williamsburg, Virginia

    Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 11,998....
    , Virginia
    Virginia

    The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
    )
  • Miami University
    Miami University

    Miami University is a coeducational public university founded in 1809 and is one of the eight original Public Ivys. The University is located in the college town of Oxford, Ohio with its primary focus on educating undergraduates....
     (Oxford
    Oxford, Ohio

    Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state. It lies in Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio, originally called the College Township....
    , Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
    )
  • University of California
    University of California

    The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
  • University of Michigan
    University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
     (Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
    )
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
  • University of Texas at Austin
    University of Texas at Austin

    The University of Texas at Austin is a public university research university located in Austin, Texas, Texas, United States, and is the flagship#University campuses institution of University of Texas System....
  • University of Vermont
    University of Vermont

    The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as The University of Vermont, is a national public research university and the state of Vermont's land-grant university....
     (Burlington
    Burlington, Vermont

    Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont. With a population of 38,889 at the 2000 United States Census, the city is the core of one of the nation's smaller metropolitan areas, and is also the smallest U.S....
    )
  • University of Virginia
    University of Virginia

    The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
     (Charlottesville
    Charlottesville, Virginia

    Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County, Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom....
    )


Moll also offered in the same book "a list of worthy runners-up" and brief summaries of them:

  • University of Colorado at Boulder
    University of Colorado at Boulder

    The University of Colorado at Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado. Considered a Public Ivy, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876....
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
    Georgia Institute of Technology

    The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech or simply Tech, is a public university, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States....
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
  • New College of the University of South Florida
    New College of Florida

    New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota. Composed of 87 faculty and about 800 students, New College is known for its high academic standards, narrative evaluations system, and its focus on independent research and student-driven curriculum....
     (Now New College of Florida)
  • Pennsylvania State University at University Park
    Pennsylvania State University

    The Pennsylvania State University is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Land-grant university, space grant college public research university located in State College, PA, Pennsylvania, United States....
  • University of Pittsburgh
    University of Pittsburgh

    The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
  • State University of New York at Binghamton
  • University of Washington at Seattle
    University of Washington

    University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as UW or the U, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast....
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison


Greenes' Guides

The more recent and expansive Greene's list (including a list of approximately 30 schools) had one focus alone: public schools with academic quality comparable to an Ivy League institution.

The Public Ivies according to Greene's Guides

A later book titled The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2001) by Howard and Matthew Greene of Greene's Guides expanded upon the first list (italicized below) to include 30 colleges and universities.

Eastern

  • College of William & Mary (Williamsburg
    Williamsburg, Virginia

    Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 11,998....
    , Virginia
    Virginia

    The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
    )
  • Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University

    The Pennsylvania State University is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Land-grant university, space grant college public research university located in State College, PA, Pennsylvania, United States....
     (State College
    State College, Pennsylvania

    State College is the largest Borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre county....
    )
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey

    New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City", is a city and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA....
    )
  • State University of New York at Binghamton
  • University of Connecticut
    University of Connecticut

    The University of Connecticut is the Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 28,000 students on its six campuses, including nearly 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs....
  • University of Delaware
    University of Delaware

    The University of Delaware is the largest university in the U.S. state of Delaware. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware, with satellite campuses in Dover, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, Lewes, Delaware and Georgetown, Delaware....
     (Newark
    Newark, Delaware

    Newark is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware, USA, 12 miles west-southwest of Wilmington, Delaware. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 30,060....
    )
  • University of Maryland
    University of Maryland, College Park

    The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....
     (College Park
    College Park, Maryland

    College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 24,657 at the United States Census 2000. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S....
    )
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
  • University of Virginia
    University of Virginia

    The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
     (Charlottesville
    Charlottesville, Virginia

    Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County, Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom....
    )


Western

  • University of Arizona
    University of Arizona

    The University of Arizona is a land-grant and Space grant colleges Public university institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States....
     (Tucson
    Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border....
    )
  • University of California
    University of California

    The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
     (6 of 10 campuses):
    • Berkeley
      University of California, Berkeley

      The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
      , Davis
      University of California, Davis

      The University of California, Davis is a public university research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system....
      , Irvine
      University of California, Irvine

      The University of California, Irvine is a public university coeducational research university founded in 1965, situated in Irvine, California....
      , Los Angeles
      University of California, Los Angeles

      The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
      , San Diego
      University of California, San Diego

      The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
      , and Santa Barbara
      University of California, Santa Barbara

      The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public university research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system....
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
    University of Colorado at Boulder

    The University of Colorado at Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado. Considered a Public Ivy, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876....
  • University of Washington
    University of Washington

    University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as UW or the U, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast....
     (Seattle
    Seattle, Washington

    Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
    )

Great Lakes & Midwest

  • Indiana University (Bloomington
    Bloomington, Indiana

    Bloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 69,291 and its Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area had a population of 175,506....
    )
  • Miami University
    Miami University

    Miami University is a coeducational public university founded in 1809 and is one of the eight original Public Ivys. The University is located in the college town of Oxford, Ohio with its primary focus on educating undergraduates....
     (Oxford
    Oxford, Ohio

    Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state. It lies in Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio, originally called the College Township....
    , Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
    )
  • Michigan State University
    Michigan State University

    Michigan State University is a public university research university in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan United States. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act....
     (East Lansing
    East Lansing, Michigan

    East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, Michigan, though a small portion lies in Clinton County, Michigan....
    )
  • Ohio State University
    Ohio State University

    The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
     (Columbus
    Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
    )
  • University of Illinois
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public university research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
     (Urbana
    Urbana, Illinois

    Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. As of the 2007 population estimates, the population was 39,484....
    -Champaign
    Champaign, Illinois

    Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis, Indiana....
    )
  • University of Iowa
    University of Iowa

    The University of Iowa is a public university research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees....
     (Iowa City
    Iowa City, Iowa

    Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. As of the 2007 census estimate, the city had a total population of 67,062 making it the fifth-largest city in Iowa....
    )
  • University of Michigan
    University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
     (Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
    )
  • University of Minnesota (Minneapolis
    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
    -St. Paul)
  • University of Wisconsin (Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin

    Madison is the List of U.S. state capitals of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
    )


Southern

  • University of Florida
    University of Florida

    The University of Florida is a Public university land-grant university, sea grant colleges, Space grant colleges major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States....
     (Gainesville
    Gainesville, Florida

    Gainesville is the largest city in ? and county seat of ? Alachua County, Florida, Florida, United States. Gainesville is also home to the University of Florida, which is the largest university in the State University System of Florida and the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
    )
  • University of Georgia
    University of Georgia

    The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
     (Athens
    Athens, Georgia

    Athens-Clarke County is a Consolidated city-county in Georgia , United States, in the northeastern part of the state, at the intersection of U.S....
    )
  • University of Texas at Austin
    University of Texas at Austin

    The University of Texas at Austin is a public university research university located in Austin, Texas, Texas, United States, and is the flagship#University campuses institution of University of Texas System....


Other Public Ivies

Other schools are sometimes referred to as Public Ivies as well, partly as a result of the acceptance of the term into popular culture and in other cases as a result of marketing efforts by the colleges and universities themselves. Although not included on the above lists, Murray State University
Murray State University

'Murray State University', located in the town of Murray, Kentucky, Kentucky, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. Murray State maintains a strong academic reputation and has been rewarded with high marks when compared with other regional public universities in U.S....
 used to include the phrase "Kentucky's Public Ivy" on its official logo.

Institutional comparisons


Academic comparisons and rankings

Moll and Greenes' did not address the issue of prestige associated with the various schools reviewed. No direct comparison was made between a Public Ivy and any other school.

Many of the institutions categorized as "Public Ivies" have a large number of faculty, or alumni, who have been awarded prizes for their achievements in their respective field including the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 (See Nobel Prize laureates by university affiliation
Nobel Prize laureates by university affiliation

The following list provides information on Nobel laureates and their affiliation to academic institutions.It is not always straightforward to determine which institution was key to the contribution for which each Nobel laureate was honoured....
), Fields Medal
Fields Medal

The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of Mathematicians of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years....
, and the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
.

Several schools considered as "Public Ivies" are consistently ranked among the top schools in the multitude of surveys on American colleges and universities undertaken by U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an influential United States newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek, it was for many years a leading news weekly, although it focused more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories....
. For instance, U.S. News and World Report ranks most engineering programs at University of California-Berkeley in the top three, and the University of Washington
University of Washington

University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as UW or the U, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast....
 medical school has been consistently ranked as the top program for Primary Care and medicine, and the law schools of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
 and University of Virginia
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
 are always ranked in the top ten.

In general undergraduate rankings, U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks Ivy League institutions above the Public Ivies. For example, the highest ranked Public Ivy, the University of California at Berkeley, ranked 21st in the United States, while the lowest ranked Ivy League institution, Brown University, ranked 14th.

Athletic comparisons

One sharp distinction between the Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 and most "Public Ivies" is their participation in intercollegiate athletics. One of the Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
's distinguishing characteristics is its prohibition on the awarding of athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship

An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport....
s (athletes may only receive the same financial aid
Financial aid

Student financial aid refers to funding intended to help students pay education expenses including tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, etc....
 to which they would be entitled even if they did not play a sport). In contrast, many of the "Public Ivies" participate in major athletic conferences such as the Big East
Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
, Big Ten
Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
, Big 12
Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I for all sports; its American football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football c...
, ACC
Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member university compete in twenty sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I....
, SEC
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
, or Pac-10; award athletic scholarships; and rely on profits, if any, from large-scale football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 and men's basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 programs to support the athletic department as a whole.

See also

  • Canadian Ivy League
    Canadian Ivy League

    The Canadian Ivy League, or "Canadian Ivies" , is an informal term used to describe selective List of universities in Canada. The label is derived from general rhetoric, and as such there is no strict list of the schools included in the group....
  • Colonial colleges
    Colonial colleges

    The Colonial Colleges are nine institutions of higher education chartered in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution . These nine have long been considered together, notably in the survey of their origins in the 1907 The Cambridge History of English and American Literature....
  • Hidden Ivy
  • Ivy League
    Ivy League

    The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
  • Jesuit Ivy
    Jesuit Ivy

    The "Jesuit Ivy" is the title of a commencement speech delivered at and, subsequently, a nickname given to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts....
  • Little Ivies
    Little Ivies

    Little Ivies is a colloquialism referring to a group of small, selective American colleges and universities; however, it does not denote any official organization....
  • Southern Ivies
  • Flagship university
    Flagship university

    Flagship#University campuses university refers to the leading comprehensive public research university or universities in a given U.S. state. Flagship universities are usually the largest public institutions of higher learning in the state and are generally well-known nationally....


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