| Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence | |
|---|---|
| Author | Howard Greene and Matthew Greene |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Education |
| Publisher | New York : Cliff Street Books |
| Publication date | 2000 |
| Media type | paperback |
| Pages | 317 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-06-095362-4 |
| OCLC Number | 44509154 |
| Dewey Decimal | 378.1/61 21 |
| LC Classification | LB2350.5 G74 2000 |
Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence is a college educational guide published in 2000. It concerns college admissions in the United States. The authors define both the title of this book as well as their goals in writing it on page one in the following manner: "Our mission in writing this book for students and parents is 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 this book, the authors (using the same criteria often used to evaluate Ivy League schools) discuss thirty American schools that are small in size and are either liberal arts colleges or universities that emulate them.
Five of the schools are located in the Midwestern United States, 15 in the Northeastern United States, six in the Southern United States, and four in the Western United States.
Contents |
Overview
Hidden Ivies discusses the college admissions process and attempts to evaluate 30 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.
- Amherst College
- Barnard College
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Bryn Mawr College
- Carleton College
- Claremont McKenna College
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- Colorado College
- Davidson College
- Emory University
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton College
- Haverford College
- Middlebury College
- Mount Holyoke College
- University of Notre Dame
- Oberlin College
- Pomona College
- Reed College
- Rice University
- Smith College
- Swarthmore College
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- Wake Forest University
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
See also
- Black Ivy League - A list of Historically Black Colleges or Universities that provide Ivy quality education in a predominantly black environment
- Jesuit Ivy — Complimentary use of "Ivy" to characterize Boston College
- Little Ivies — group of U.S. liberal arts colleges that parallel the Ivy League in some respects
- Public Ivies — Group of public U.S. universities thought to "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price"
- Seven Sisters — Historically, these were women's colleges each of which had a close tie to an Ivy League school.
- Southern Ivies — Complimentary use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the U.S. South
References
- 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.
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