Welcome to the Big Ivy League

The ivy league school club is enduringly exclusive. We trace the origins of the term "ivy league," the history of those schols, and the factors that perpetuate their olympian status in the eyes of the general public. Welcome to the big ivy leagues!

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Holidays (1/8/2024):

• Argyle Day
• Bubble Bath Day
• Earth’s Rotation Day
• International Typing Day
• Midwife’s Day
• National English Toffee Day
• National Joygerm Day
• National Snuggle a Chicken Day
• National Winter Skin Relief Day
• Show and Tell Day at Work
• Take the Stairs Day
• War on Poverty Day
• World Literary Day
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
• National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
• National Soccer Coaches of America Week
• National Thank Your Customer’s Week
• New Years’ Resolution Week
• Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week

Links and References: 

1. https://www.mastersportal.com/articles/1958/what-are-ivy-league-universities.html
2. https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
3. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/ivy-league-schools
4. https://chibe.upenn.edu/news/psychology-today-how-elite-colleges-divide-us-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/opinion/vance-trump-republicans-elite.html
6. https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/139-fruits-of-the-ivy-vine#:~:text=Foundings%3A%20By%20clergy%2C%20for%20clergy,Testaments%20in%20their%20original%20languages.
7. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/07/trump-republicans-harvard-yale
8. https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-programs-in-college-admissions/
9. https://eimpartnerships.com/articles/dei-program-reductions-in-higher-ed-navigating-a-changing-landscape

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