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The '''Little Ivies''' are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive [[Private school|private]] [[liberal arts colleges]] in the [[Northeastern United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/little-good-news-for-the-little-ivies|title=Little Good News for the Little Ivies|last=McDonald|first=Michael|date=December 22, 2016|website=Bloomberg|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecollegevoice.org/2012/04/23/the-not-so-little-ivies/|title=The Not-So-Little Ivies|last=Winey|first=Madison|date=April 23, 2012|website=thecollegevoice.org|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/specialfeatures/2013/08/06/top-25-best-northeast-colleges-2013/#128421c272b7|title=Little Ivies, or the small renowned liberal arts schools|last=Staff|first=Forbes|date=August 6, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2016/12/28/college-investments-sink|title=College investments sink|last=Matson|first=Zachary|date=December 28, 2016|website=The Daily Gazette|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thebaffler.com/latest/higher-ed-pays-a-high-price|title=Higher Ed Pays a High Price for Mediocrity|last=Massey|first=Alana|date=June 20, 2014|work=The Baffler|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/12/01/trinity-college-connecticut-sells-building-and-changes-enrollment-strategy|title=Trinity College in Connecticut sells building and changes enrollment strategy, the socially elite Little Ivies|last=Seltzer|first=Rick|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=J. P. |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Veterans in the Ivory Tower |language=en-us |work=Pacific Standard |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/veterans-in-the-ivory-tower-ivy-league-military-92898 |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/11/the-selectivity-illusion/302827/|title=The Selectivity Illusion|last=Peck|first=Don|date=November 2003|work=The Atlantic|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective admissions comparable to the [[Ivy League]]. According to ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]'', the Little Ivies are also known for their large [[financial endowment]]s, both absolutely and relative to their size.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/little-good-news-for-the-little-ivies|title=The Little Ivies' Endowments Took a Big Hit This Year|last=McDonald|first=Michael|date=December 22, 2016|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref> |
The '''Little Ivies''' are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive [[Private school|private]] [[liberal arts colleges]] in the [[Northeastern United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/little-good-news-for-the-little-ivies|title=Little Good News for the Little Ivies|last=McDonald|first=Michael|date=December 22, 2016|website=Bloomberg|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecollegevoice.org/2012/04/23/the-not-so-little-ivies/|title=The Not-So-Little Ivies|last=Winey|first=Madison|date=April 23, 2012|website=thecollegevoice.org|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/specialfeatures/2013/08/06/top-25-best-northeast-colleges-2013/#128421c272b7|title=Little Ivies, or the small renowned liberal arts schools|last=Staff|first=Forbes|date=August 6, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2016/12/28/college-investments-sink|title=College investments sink|last=Matson|first=Zachary|date=December 28, 2016|website=The Daily Gazette|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thebaffler.com/latest/higher-ed-pays-a-high-price|title=Higher Ed Pays a High Price for Mediocrity|last=Massey|first=Alana|date=June 20, 2014|work=The Baffler|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/12/01/trinity-college-connecticut-sells-building-and-changes-enrollment-strategy|title=Trinity College in Connecticut sells building and changes enrollment strategy, the socially elite Little Ivies|last=Seltzer|first=Rick|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=J. P. |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Veterans in the Ivory Tower |language=en-us |work=Pacific Standard |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/veterans-in-the-ivory-tower-ivy-league-military-92898 |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/11/the-selectivity-illusion/302827/|title=The Selectivity Illusion|last=Peck|first=Don|date=November 2003|work=The Atlantic|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective admissions comparable to the [[Ivy League]]. According to ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]'', the Little Ivies are also known for their large [[financial endowment]]s, both absolutely and relative to their size.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/little-good-news-for-the-little-ivies|title=The Little Ivies' Endowments Took a Big Hit This Year|last=McDonald|first=Michael|date=December 22, 2016|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref> |
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The term is generally and most associated with the colleges of the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] (NESCAC), with select schools from the [[Liberty League]], [[Patriot League]] and the [[Centennial Conference]]. The term, however, was in active circulation to depict the original "Little Ivy" schools as schools and not merely athletic rivals at least as early as 1955. ''[[The New York Times]]'' quotes the president of [[Swarthmore College]] saying at the time, "We not only have the Ivy League, and the pretty clearly understood though seldom mentioned gradations within the Ivy League, but we have the Little Ivy League, and the jockeying for position within that."<ref>The New York Times, February 10, 1955, p. 33</ref> |
The term is generally and most associated with the colleges of the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] (NESCAC), with select schools from the [[Liberty League]], [[Patriot League]] and the [[Centennial Conference]]. The term, however, was in active circulation to depict the original "Little Ivy" schools as schools and not merely athletic rivals at least as early as 1955. ''[[The New York Times]]'' quotes the president of [[Swarthmore College]] saying at the time, "We not only have the Ivy League, and the pretty clearly understood though seldom mentioned gradations within the Ivy League, but we have the Little Ivy League, and the jockeying for position within that."<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', February 10, 1955, p. 33</ref> |
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==Relationship to NESCAC== |
==Relationship to NESCAC== |
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Among the Little Ivies are the "[[Little Three]]", a term used by [[Amherst College]], [[Wesleyan University]] and [[Williams College]], and "[[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium|Maine Big Three]]", a term used by [[Bates College]], [[Bowdoin College]], and [[Colby College]]. The term is inspired by the "[[Big Three (colleges)|Big Three]]" Ivy League athletic rivalry between [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], and [[Yale University|Yale]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Henry E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFqYGaKzhq8C&q=%22wesleyan+university%22+and+%22big+three%22+and+%22little+three%22&pg=PA99 |title=One version of the facts: my life in ... – Henry Edmison Duckworth – Google Books |year=2000 |publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press |isbn=9780887553523 |language=en-us |access-date=2011-12-19}}</ref><ref name=":02" /> |
Among the Little Ivies are the "[[Little Three]]", a term used by [[Amherst College]], [[Wesleyan University]] and [[Williams College]], and "[[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium|Maine Big Three]]", a term used by [[Bates College]], [[Bowdoin College]], and [[Colby College]]. The term is inspired by the "[[Big Three (colleges)|Big Three]]" Ivy League athletic rivalry between [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], and [[Yale University|Yale]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Henry E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFqYGaKzhq8C&q=%22wesleyan+university%22+and+%22big+three%22+and+%22little+three%22&pg=PA99 |title=One version of the facts: my life in ... – Henry Edmison Duckworth – Google Books |year=2000 |publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press |isbn=9780887553523 |language=en-us |access-date=2011-12-19}}</ref><ref name=":02" /> |
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Amherst College, Wesleyan University and Williams College joined Bowdoin College to found the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in 1971, along with Bates College, Colby College, [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]], [[Middlebury College]], [[Tufts University]], [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] and [[Union College]]. Union College left and [[Connecticut College]] joined in 1977. |
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==List of Little Ivies== |
==List of Little Ivies== |
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The Little Ivies are also sub-grouped by the following [[Consortium|consortia]]: |
The Little Ivies are also sub-grouped by the following [[Consortium|consortia]]: |
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* The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) members: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan and Williams.<!-- Don't place missing-citation templates, cited above --> |
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* The colleges of the "[[Little Three]]": |
* The colleges of the "[[Little Three]]": Amherst, Wesleyan, and Williams. This athletic league was founded as the "Triangular League" in 1899 in [[New England]]. The term is inspired by the term "[[Big Three (colleges)|Big Three]]" of the Ivy League: [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], and [[Yale University|Yale]] despite there being no academic, athletic or historical association.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFqYGaKzhq8C&pg=PA99|title=One version of the facts: my life in the ivory tower|last=Duckworth|first=Henry|year=2000|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|isbn=0-88755-670-1|pages=94}}</ref><ref>United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Finance (1951): ''Revenue Act of 1951.'' p. 1768. Material by Stuart Hedden, president of Wesleyan University Press, inserted into the record: "Popularly known, together with Williams and Amherst, as one of the Little Three colleges of New England, [Wesleyan] has for nearly a century and a quarter served the public welfare by maintaining with traditional integrity the highest academic standards." Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951.</ref> |
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* The colleges of the [[Colby–Bates–Bowdoin|Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium]] (CBB), an athletic conference among three academically selective colleges colloquially known as the "[[Maine Big Three]]": |
* The colleges of the [[Colby–Bates–Bowdoin|Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium]] (CBB), an athletic conference among three academically selective colleges colloquially known as the "[[Maine Big Three]]": Bates College, Bowdoin College, and Colby College.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=A Small College in Maine|last=Calhoun|first=Charles|publisher=Bowdoin College|year=1993|location=Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College: Bowdoin College. p. 163.|pages=12, 19|quote="...Of the three top schools in Maine, the CBB drew the most notation to what was informally characterized as a smaller Ivy League, one that provided an Ivy League education with a smaller student body"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Faith by Their Works: The Progressive Tradition at Bates College from 1855 to 1877|last=Larson|first=Timothy|publisher=Bates College Publishing|year=2005|location=Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages=Multi-source}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Black Ivy League]] — informal list of colleges that attracted top African American students prior to the [[Civil Rights Movement]] in the 1960s |
* [[Black Ivy League]] — informal list of colleges that attracted top African American students prior to the [[Civil Rights Movement]] in the 1960s |
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* [[Claremont Colleges]] — group of highly selective liberal arts colleges in [[Southern California]] |
* [[Claremont Colleges]] — group of highly selective liberal arts colleges in [[Southern California]] |
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* ''[[The Hidden Ivies]]'' — college educational guide designed by its authors "to create greater awareness of the small, distinctive cluster of colleges and universities of excellence that are available to gifted college-bound students" |
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* [[Hidden Ivies]] |
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* [[Jesuit Ivy]] — Use of "Ivy" to characterize [[Boston College]] and other prominent American [[Jesuit]] colleges |
* [[Jesuit Ivy]] — Use of "Ivy" to characterize [[Boston College]] and other prominent American [[Jesuit]] colleges |
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* [[Public Ivies]] — Group of public U.S. universities that "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price" |
* [[Public Ivies]] — Group of public U.S. universities that "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price" |
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* [[Quaker Consortium]] — a [[Philadelphia]]-based arrangement between [[Bryn Mawr College]], [[Haverford College]], |
* [[Quaker Consortium]] — a [[Philadelphia]]-based arrangement between [[Bryn Mawr College]], [[Haverford College]], Swarthmore College, and the [[University of Pennsylvania]] |
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* [[Southern Ivies]] — Use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the U. |
* [[Southern Ivies]] — Use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the U.S. South |
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* [[Seven Sisters (colleges)]] — historically women's colleges founded as an answer to the (at the time) all male Ivy League: [[Wellesley College]], [[Radcliffe College]], [[Smith College]], [[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Barnard College]], [[Vassar College]], and [[Bryn Mawr College]] |
* [[Seven Sisters (colleges)]] — historically women's colleges founded as an answer to the (at the time) all male Ivy League: [[Wellesley College]], [[Radcliffe College]], [[Smith College]], [[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Barnard College]], [[Vassar College]], and [[Bryn Mawr College]] |
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* [[Maple League]] — The Maple League is made up of four Canadian universities – [[Acadia University|Acadia]], [[Bishop's University| |
* [[Maple League]] — The Maple League is made up of four Canadian universities – [[Acadia University|Acadia]], [[Bishop's University|Bishop's]], [[Mount Allison University|Mount Allison]] and [[St. Francis Xavier University|St. Francis Xavier]] – who together form an alliance of small, rural, academically oriented, liberal arts institutions with Francophone heritage and a commitment to honouring indigenous communities. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The Little Ivies are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective admissions comparable to the Ivy League. According to Bloomberg, the Little Ivies are also known for their large financial endowments, both absolutely and relative to their size.[9]
The term is generally and most associated with the colleges of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), with select schools from the Liberty League, Patriot League and the Centennial Conference. The term, however, was in active circulation to depict the original "Little Ivy" schools as schools and not merely athletic rivals at least as early as 1955. The New York Times quotes the president of Swarthmore College saying at the time, "We not only have the Ivy League, and the pretty clearly understood though seldom mentioned gradations within the Ivy League, but we have the Little Ivy League, and the jockeying for position within that."[10]
Relationship to NESCAC
Among the Little Ivies are the "Little Three", a term used by Amherst College, Wesleyan University and Williams College, and "Maine Big Three", a term used by Bates College, Bowdoin College, and Colby College. The term is inspired by the "Big Three" Ivy League athletic rivalry between Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.[11][12]
Amherst College, Wesleyan University and Williams College joined Bowdoin College to found the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in 1971, along with Bates College, Colby College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Tufts University, Trinity College and Union College. Union College left and Connecticut College joined in 1977.
List of Little Ivies
A 2016 article by Bloomberg Businessweek lists the members of the Little Ivies as:[9]
- Amherst College
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Bucknell University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- Connecticut College
- Hamilton College
- Haverford College
- Lafayette College
- Middlebury College
- Swarthmore College
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- Union College
- Vassar College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
The Little Ivies are also sub-grouped by the following consortia:
- The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) members: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan and Williams.
- The colleges of the "Little Three": Amherst, Wesleyan, and Williams. This athletic league was founded as the "Triangular League" in 1899 in New England. The term is inspired by the term "Big Three" of the Ivy League: Harvard, Princeton, and Yale despite there being no academic, athletic or historical association.[13][14]
- The colleges of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB), an athletic conference among three academically selective colleges colloquially known as the "Maine Big Three": Bates College, Bowdoin College, and Colby College.[12][15]
See also
- Black Ivy League — informal list of colleges that attracted top African American students prior to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
- Claremont Colleges — group of highly selective liberal arts colleges in Southern California
- The Hidden Ivies — college educational guide designed by its authors "to create greater awareness of the small, distinctive cluster of colleges and universities of excellence that are available to gifted college-bound students"
- Jesuit Ivy — Use of "Ivy" to characterize Boston College and other prominent American Jesuit colleges
- Public Ivies — Group of public U.S. universities that "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price"
- Quaker Consortium — a Philadelphia-based arrangement between Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania
- Southern Ivies — Use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the U.S. South
- Seven Sisters (colleges) — historically women's colleges founded as an answer to the (at the time) all male Ivy League: Wellesley College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Barnard College, Vassar College, and Bryn Mawr College
- Maple League — The Maple League is made up of four Canadian universities – Acadia, Bishop's, Mount Allison and St. Francis Xavier – who together form an alliance of small, rural, academically oriented, liberal arts institutions with Francophone heritage and a commitment to honouring indigenous communities.
References
- ^ McDonald, Michael (December 22, 2016). "Little Good News for the Little Ivies". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Winey, Madison (April 23, 2012). "The Not-So-Little Ivies". thecollegevoice.org. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Staff, Forbes (August 6, 2013). "Little Ivies, or the small renowned liberal arts schools". Forbes. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Matson, Zachary (December 28, 2016). "College investments sink". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Massey, Alana (June 20, 2014). "Higher Ed Pays a High Price for Mediocrity". The Baffler. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Seltzer, Rick (December 1, 2016). "Trinity College in Connecticut sells building and changes enrollment strategy, the socially elite Little Ivies". Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Lawrence, J. P. (October 22, 2014). "Veterans in the Ivory Tower". Pacific Standard. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Peck, Don (November 2003). "The Selectivity Illusion". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ a b McDonald, Michael (December 22, 2016). "The Little Ivies' Endowments Took a Big Hit This Year". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ The New York Times, February 10, 1955, p. 33
- ^ Duckworth, Henry E. (2000). One version of the facts: my life in ... – Henry Edmison Duckworth – Google Books. Univ. of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9780887553523. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b Calhoun, Charles (1993). A Small College in Maine. Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College: Bowdoin College. p. 163.: Bowdoin College. pp. 12, 19.
...Of the three top schools in Maine, the CBB drew the most notation to what was informally characterized as a smaller Ivy League, one that provided an Ivy League education with a smaller student body
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- ^ United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Finance (1951): Revenue Act of 1951. p. 1768. Material by Stuart Hedden, president of Wesleyan University Press, inserted into the record: "Popularly known, together with Williams and Amherst, as one of the Little Three colleges of New England, [Wesleyan] has for nearly a century and a quarter served the public welfare by maintaining with traditional integrity the highest academic standards." Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951.
- ^ Larson, Timothy (2005). Faith by Their Works: The Progressive Tradition at Bates College from 1855 to 1877. Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: Bates College Publishing. pp. Multi–source.