Hidden Ivies

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]

Hidden Ivies: 63 of America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities
Cover of 2009 edition
AuthorHoward Greene and Matthew Greene
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreEducation
PublisherNew York City : Cliff Street Books
Publication date
2000 (first); 2009 (second); 2016 (third)
Media typepaperback
Pages317 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN0-06-095362-4
OCLC44509154
378.1/61 21
LC ClassLB2350.5 G74 2000

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
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See also

Notes
  1. 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

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.
  • 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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