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Annualized returns on Harvard’s investments have lagged behind some peers over the past decade, with an 8.2% return ranking ninth out of 10 Ivies and other top schools in a comparison by Markov Processes International.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Brown joined them this month, and although other Ivies say they’re holding firm on keeping the SAT optional, news reports suggest that Penn, too, might soon be headed back to the future.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Yet coverage of the crisis in public schools pales in comparison to the obsessive reportage about Harvard and the Ivies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Even though we are talking about the Ivies, we are also talking about different kinds of educational elitism, whether it's an MIT or a Vassar.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

But over the years it gradually shed its religious affiliation and became a secular institution, as did the other Ivies.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times