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November 15, 2009, 10:58pm
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<p>It appears the term The Ivy Plus refers to an actual cooperative group of peer schools who work together. </p>
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“Ivy Plus” refers to an existing loose confederation of the nation’s top schools: the old Ivy sports league plus Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford, and the University of Chicago. As sustainability increasingly became a topic of conversation among the institutions’ leadership, Levin convened the group last year to shape a shared sustainability agenda.</p>
<p>In April 2007, President Levin invited teams of representatives from the Ivy Plus institutions (below) to gather at Yale to focus on Sustainability and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Commitments.
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<p>[Yale</a> Sustainability | Ivy Plus](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/sustainability/ivyplus.htm]Yale ”>http://www.yale.edu/sustainability/ivyplus.htm )</p>
<p>Another example:</p>
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<p>[Cornell</a> Chronicle: Graduate tuition to drop significantly](<a href=“http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan08/gradTuition.html]Cornell ”>Graduate tuition for endowed research students to drop by 10.1 percent | Cornell Chronicle )</p>
<p>From the office of the President Brown University:
Consistent with the practice of other Ivy Plus schools, Brown, as part of its need-blind admission policy, now waives the parental contribution for most families earning less than $60,000; in addition, most students from families earning less than $100,000 now receive scholarships instead of loans.
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<p>[Office</a> of the President: News from the Corporation 2008](<a href=“Office of the President | Brown University ”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/President/letters/2008-2009/2008-corporation.html )</p>
<p>From Princeton:
Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel has noted that expecting a quick response from our peers is “unrealistic.” She urged students to have “patience and a longer time horizon.” Admitting that she had done little so far in concert with other universities to support national implementation of anti-grade inflation policies, she explained that she planned to address grading issues with other selective universities at the next Ivy Plus Group meeting.
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<p>It looks like the term is not rare or unusual and often returns to a specific working group of peer schools who share common problems and interests.</p>