The Big Four is an historic term that was used to refer to the four institutions of higher education that were considered to be the top tier in the United States in the pre-Civil War era. Its members being: Harvard University, Princeton University, Union College and Yale University.
What you didn’t know and what you need to know about the world’s most illustrious collegiate group… The Ivy League is a sports conference for a select group of universities and colleges from the Northeastern United States that share a reputation for excellence and prestige. Despite the group’s founding as a sports conference, the constituent members work closely together on other aspects of university life and the conference’s name now transcends its sports conference heritage to the extent that “Ivy League” has become a byword for the elite tier of universities and colleges in the United States and, indeed, internationally. We take a detailed look into the history and antecedent circumstances that gave us the most famous brand in academia.
