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The Hidden Ivies

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Hidden Ivies: 63 of America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities
Hidden Ivies cover.jpg
Cover of 2009 edition
Author
  • Howard Greene
  • Matthew Greene
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEducation
PublisherCliff Street Books
Publication date
  • 2000 (first)
  • 2009 (second)
  • 2016 (third)
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages317
ISBN978-0-06-095362-1
378.1/61 21
LC ClassLB2350.5 G74 2000

Hidden Ivies is a college educational guide with the most recent edition, The Hidden Ivies, 3rd Edition: 63 of America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, published in 2016. It focuses on college admissions in the United States. The authors define both the title of this book as well as their goals in writing it as: "to create greater awareness of the small, distinctive cluster of colleges and universities of excellence that are available to gifted college-bound students."[1] In the introduction, the authors further explain their aim by referring specifically to "the group historically known as the 'Little Ivies' (including Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and Williams)" which the authors say have "scaled the heights of prestige and selectivity and also turn away thousands of our best and brightest young men and women."[1][2]

In this book, the authors (using the same criteria often used to evaluate Ivy League schools) discuss 63 American schools that are small in size and are either liberal arts colleges or universities that emulate them.

Overview[]

Hidden Ivies discusses the college admissions process and attempts to evaluate 63 colleges in comparison to Ivy League colleges. The schools are examined based on academics, admissions process, financial aid, and student experiences. The book argues the importance of a liberal arts education and goes on to inquire about the qualities of Ivy League schools in general, and how such qualities apply to higher education.

Inclusions[]

Northeast[]

South[]

Midwest[]

West[]

See also[]

  • Black Ivy League—A list of historically black colleges or universities that provide Ivy quality education in a predominantly black environment
  • Public Ivies—Group of public US universities thought to "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price"
  • Southern Ivies—Complimentary use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the US South
  • Little Ivies—An unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States.
  • Jesuit Ivy—Use of "Ivy" to characterize Boston College and other prominent American Jesuit colleges

References[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b Greene, Howard; Greene, Matthew. "Excerpt from Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies Thirty Colleges of Excellence by Howard Greene". HarperCollins.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ Greene, Howard and Matthew Greene (2000) Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-095362-4, book description at HarperCollins.com Archived 2005-03-21 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography[]

  • Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2000). Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-095362-4.
  • Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2009). Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: 50 Top Colleges - from Amherst To Williams - that Rival the Ivy League. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-172672-9.
  • Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2016). The Hidden Ivies, 3rd Edition: 63 of America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities. New York: Collins Reference. ISBN 0062420909.

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