Saturday, October 27, 2012

League Education

Many parents dream of giving their children the best education possible. If you are a parent who resides in the northeastern United States, chances are the best education to you means that you want to send your kids to an Ivy League school, which is widely regarded as the pinnacle of education.
The general belief among parents is that the higher standards of education and social connections available in Ivy League schools are potent enough to set up their children for life. What parent would not want that for his son or daughter?
But what does the term Ivy League really mean and where did it come from. Records show that the term Ivy League traces its roots back to 1935 as a mention in some publications. However, the term Ivy League really rose to national attention prominence in 1954 and through sports of all things, specifically with the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference. Since there were little or not professional sports in most areas at that time, people were great supporters of their favorite college teams and the Ivy League schools were no exception. Through the years and because of the sterling record of achievement compiled by its distinguished graduates, Ivy League schools became associated with more than just athletics. They gained a solid reputation for an effective educational philosophy that has been tempered by time in many of the country's oldest schools.
The eight educational institutions that make up the Ivy League are as follows: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia University in New York, New York; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Princeton University in the Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, New Jersey; University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Although each of them has its own distinct reputation and its own way of doing things, they do share some common characteristics that bolster their reputation as outstanding educational institutions. For instance, Ivy League schools traditionally place high among the top 20 in the US News college and university rankings. Ivy League schools are among the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment. Finally, Ivy League schools are a well-known haven for the country's best and brightest students and faculty. They are considered to be socially elite.

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