Fascinating Facts

August 22, 2012

Q.  What are the names of the 8 Ivy League schools?

A.

• Harvard University
• Yale University
• Princeton University
• Cornell University
• Brown University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Dartmouth College
• Columbia University                   

"Ivy League schools are known throughout the United States and most of the world for top-tier college educations, research, and institutional endowments. These schools are also sometimes referred to as the 'Ancient 8' since they are some of the oldest colleges and universities in the United States."

The term "Ivy league" began simply as a way for newswriter Caswell Adams to refer to a collective group of football programs.

Students have long revered the ivied walls of older colleges. "Planting the ivy" was a customary class day ceremony at many colleges in the late 1800s.

Read more at Suite101: History of the Ivy League

Sharon G.
Blue Springs South Branch