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IvyLeagueThe

IvyLeague

isacollegiate

athleticconference

comprisingsportsteamsfromeightprivateinstitutionsof

highereducation

inthe

NortheasternUnitedStates.Theconferencenameisalsocommonlyusedtorefertothoseeightschoolsasagroup.[2]

Theeightinstitutionsare

BrownUniversity,

ColumbiaUniversity,CornellUniversity,

DartmouthCollege,

HarvardUniversity,the

UniversityofPennsylvania,

PrincetonUniversity,and

YaleUniversity.Theterm

IvyLeague

hasconnotationsofacademicexcellence,selectivityinadmissions,andsocial

elitism.IvyLeagueschoolsaregenerallyviewedassomeofthemostprestigious,andarerankedamongthebestuniversitiesworldwide.

Alleightuniversitiesplaceinthetopsixteenofthe

U.S.News&WorldReport2015

universityrankings,includingthetopfourschoolsandsixofthetopeleven.

U.S.NewshasnamedamemberoftheIvyLeagueasthebestnationaluniversityineachofthepastfifteenyearsendingwiththe2015rankings:Princetoneighttimes,Harvardtwiceandthetwoschoolstiedforfirstfivetimes.OriginofthenameStudentshavelongreveredtheiviedwallsofoldercolleges."Plantingtheivy"wasacustomaryclassdayceremonyatmanycollegesinthe1800s.In1893analumnustold

TheHarvardCrimson,"In1850,classdaywasplacedupontheUniversityCalendar....thecustomofplantingtheivy,whiletheivyorationwasdelivered,aroseaboutthistime."AtPenn,graduatingseniorsstartedthecustomofplantingivyatauniversitybuildingeachspringin1873andthatpracticewasformallydesignatedas"IvyDay"in1874.IvyplantingceremoniesarereportedforYale,

Simmons,BrynMawrandmanyothers.Princeton's"IvyClub"wasfoundedin1879Thefirstusageof

Ivy

inreferencetoagroupofcollegesisfromsportswriterStanleyWoodward(1895–1965).AproportionofoureasternivycollegesaremeetinglittlefellowsanotherSaturdaybeforeplungingintothestrifeandtheturmoil.—StanleyWoodward,

NewYorkTribune,October14,1933,describingthefootballseasonAcommon

folketymology

attributesthenametotheRomannumeralsforfour(IV),assertingthattherewassuchasportsleagueoriginallywithfourmembers.The

MorrisDictionaryofWordandPhraseOrigins

helpedtoperpetuatethisbelief.Thesupposed"IVLeague"wasformedoveracenturyagoandconsistedofHarvard,Yale,Princeton,anda4thschoolthatvariesdependingonwhoistellingthestory.However,itisclearthatHarvard,

Princeton,

Yale

and

Columbia

metonNovember23,1876attheso-calledMassasoitConventiontodecideonuniformrulesfortheemerginggameofAmericanfootball,whichrapidlyspread.IvyLeagueuniversitieshavesomeofthelargestuniversity

financialendowments

intheworld,whichallowstheuniversitiestoprovidemanyresourcesfortheiracademicprogramsandresearchendeavors.Asof2014,HarvardUniversityhasanendowmentof$36.4billion.Additionally,eachuniversityreceivesmillionsofdollarsinresearchgrantsandothersubsidiesfromfederalandstategovernment.MembersInstitution:BrownUniversity Location:Providence,RhodeIsland

Athleticnickname:Bears 2014Endowment:$3.2billion

Motto:InGodWeHopeInstitution:ColumbiaUniversity Location:NewYork

Athleticnickname:Lions 2014Endowment:$9.2billion

Motton:Thylightshallweseethelight

Institution:CornellUniversity Location:Ithaca,NewYork

Athleticnickname:BigRed 2014Endowment:$6.2billion

Motto:Iwouldfoundaninstitutionwhereanypersoncanfindinstructioninanystudy.Institution:DartmouthCollege Location:Hanover,New

Hampshire

Athleticnickname:BigGreen 2014Endowment:$4.5billion

Motto:ThevoiceofonecryinginthewildernessInstitution:UniversityofPennsylvania Location:Philadelphia,PennsylvaniaAthleticnickname:Quakers 2014Endowment:$9.6billionMotto:LawswithoutmoralsareuselessInstitution:YaleUniversity Location:NewHaven,Connecticut

Athleticnickname:Bulldogs 2014Endowment:$23.9billion

Motto:Lightandtruth

Institution:HarvardUniversity Location:Cambridge,MassachusettsAthleticnickname:Crimson 2014Endowment:$36.4billion

Motto:Truth

AcademicsTheIvyLeagueschoolsarehighlyselective,withacceptanceratessince2000rangingfrom6to16percentateachoftheuniversities.Admittedstudentscomefromaroundtheworld,althoughstudentsfrom

NewEngland

andtheNortheasternUnitedStates

makeupasignificantproportionofstudents.PrestigeMembersoftheLeaguehavebeenhighlyrankedbyvarious

universityrankings.AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities(ARWU世界大學(xué)學(xué)術(shù)排名)Forbes(福布斯)UnitedStatesNewsandWorldReport《美國新聞與世界報導(dǎo)》（USNWR全美最佳大學(xué)排行榜）NationalacademicrankingsUniversity

(inalphabeticalorder)ARWU

(2014)Forbes

(2014)USNWR

(2014)WashingtonMonthly

(2014)Brown431316113Columbia720451Cornell11311539Dartmouth78-104161154Harvard17210Penn1412841Princeton54127Yale96357Admissions

Admissionstatistics（2014）ApplicantsApplicantsAdmissionratesBrown30,4328.6%Columbia32,9526.9%Columbia43,04114.0%Dartmouth19,29611.5%Harvard34,2959.9%Penn35,8689.9%Princeton26,6417.3%Yale30,9326.3%U.S.presidentsintheIvyLeagueOftheforty-threemenwhohaveservedas

PresidentoftheUnitedStates,fourteenhavegraduatedfromanIvyLeagueuniversity.Ofthem,eighthavedegreesfromHarvard,fivefromYale,threefromColumbia,twofromPrinceton,andonefromPennsylvania.

JohnAdams

wasthefirstpresidenttograduatefromuniversity,graduatingfromHarvardUniversityin1755.Obama

HarvardUniversity,

ColumbiaUniversity

BillClintonYaleUniversity

FranklinD.Roosevelt

HarvardUniversity

林徽因

Univ