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ELITE EIGHT: THE TOP-TIER OF AMERICA’S ELITE BOARDING SCHOOLS

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The Elite Eight is a an informal moniker applied to a group of highly-selective boarding schools in the United States that are considered to be the most exclusive schools in the country. Whilst many of the schools are known to consider one another as equals and often collaborate with one another with respect to common admissions practices or their participation in formal associations (such as the Eight Schools Association – with which the term is sometimes erroneously associated, or the Ten Schools Admission Organization), the Elite Eight is not an official body. Nonetheless, it is a common term used by prospective pupils and admissions agents assisting families with attaining places to such elite prep schools.

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SELECT 16: THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES

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The Select 16 is an informal term applied to sixteen of the most prestigious boarding schools in the United States. The term was first coined in 1986 by authors Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell in their book ‘Preparing for Power: America’s Elite Boarding Schools’. The term was devised to illustrate the select group of schools that had presented the highest number of students for matriculation into the Ivy League colleges and other elite institutions across America. The schools in the Select 16 have long-been considered amongst the most selective and exclusive boarding schools in the United States with famous alumni and large endowments.

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INNOVATION ALLIANCE: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DUBLIN’S BIG TWO UNIVERSITIES

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The Innovation Alliance was a collective research initiative between Ireland’s two leading Universities: Trinity College Dublin (The University of Dublin’s only constituent college) and University College Dublin. The alliance built upon the extremely successful research and incubation hubs that each university had developed separately with the view to harnessing their combined expertise and, by working with the government and key strategic business partners, attracting significant investment into Ireland. In addition, the Innovation Alliance would allow both universities to collectively attract research funding and to share resources to significantly increase research output and to further academic research in Ireland.

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RUSSELL GROUP: THE UK’S SELECT GROUP OF ELITE RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

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The Russell Group of Universities is a consortium of leading British universities with significant post-graduate research programmes and who attract substantial funding in order to further the research that they undertake. They are the leading research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom, composed of some of the oldest and most prestigious universities from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Russell Group Universities are internationally acclaimed and work closely together with their peers from other countries, including the leading Canadian, American and Irish universities.

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HAILEYBURY GROUP: LEADING INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND

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The Haileybury and St Alban’s group (better known as the Haileybury Group) was a consortium of leading independent schools located in and around St Alban’s, North London, the South East and the East of England, founded by and named for Haileybury College.

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THE CLARENDON SCHOOLS: THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS DEFINED BY THE CLARENDON COMMISSION (AKA THE GREAT NINE)

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In 1861, a Royal Commission, under the chairmanship of the 4th Earl of Clarendon, was established and tasked with investigating the governance and finance of Britain’s public schools (effectively private schools) and sought to define and stipulate what constitutes a public school and how such schools are managed, specifically, with respect to their endowments and how those endowments were disbursed. Ultimately, and controversially, the Commission’s report would ring-fence a select group of elite schools (the Great Nine / Clarendon Schools) which would be subject to the provisions of the Public Schools Act 1868 and which, forever thereafter, would enjoy a higher degree of status and reputation than their peers.

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RUGBY GROUP: A SELECTION OF THE UK’S MOST EXCLUSIVE BOARDING SCHOOLS

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Rugby School is famous as the homeplace of two great institutions: the sport of rugby union; and the establishment of what has come to be regarded as the English public school tradition. The school has taken the latter a step further when, in the 1960s, the then Headmaster invited a number of prestigious boarding schools to form an informal grouping. Substantial changes to the education system were underfoot at the time of the group’s founding including the phasing out of grammar schools and the creation of a comprehensive State education system and many independent schools were greatly concerned about the impact this might have on their viability and standing.

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ETON GROUP: AN ASSOCIATION OF LEADING BRITISH INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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The Eton Group is a select grouping of leading Public Schools (independent private schools) in England, assembled by Eton College. Its membership is comprised of those schools considered to be peers of Eton College and that have shared concerns regarding management and administration. The informal grouping was established as an alternative to the older Rugby Group of boarding schools bringing together a mixture of day and boarding institutions from the South of England. Sporadic meetings are convened amongst the schools’ Headteachers and/or bursars.

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WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

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