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The Ivy League
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The Ivy League is an athletic prising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is monly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The term Ivy League also has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.
Origin of the name
The first usage of Ivy in reference to a group of colleges is from sportswriter Stanley Woodward (1895–1965).
A proportion of our eastern ivy colleges are meeting little fellows another Saturday before plunging into the strife and the turmoil.
—Stanley Woodward,  New York Tribune, October 14, 1933, describing the football season.
Members of Ivy League:
Motto In Deo Speramus (Latin)
Motto in English In God We Hope
Established 1764
Type Private
Endowment US $ Billion
Chancellor Thomas J. Tisch
President Ruth J. Simmons
Faculty 689 full-time
Students 8,020
Undergraduates 5,874
Postgraduates 2,146 (409 medical)
Location Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Campus Urban
143 acres (579,000 m²)
Sports 37 varsity teams
Website
Columbia University
Motto lumen (Latin)
Motto in English In Thy light shall we see light
(Psalm 36:9)
Established 1754
Type Private
Endowment US $ billion
President Lee C. Bollinger
Faculty 3,566
Students 25,459
Undergraduates 6,978
Postgraduates 15,985
Location New York, NY
Newspaper Columbia Daily Spectator
Colors Columbia blue and White
Nickname Columbia Lions
Athletics 29 sports teams
Affiliations MAISA; AAU
Website
Cornell University
Motto “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."
-Ezra Cornell, 1865
Established 1865
Type Private with 14 colleges and schools, including 4 statutory colleges
Endowment $ billion
President David J. Skorton
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