thE ivy lEAguE is An AssoCiAtion oF Eight univErsitiEs in thE northEAst unitED stAtEs, whiCh hAvE high ACADEmiC AnD soCiAl stAtus. it ComprisEsBrown,ColumBiA,CornEll,DArtmouth, hArvArD, prinCEton, thE univErsity oF pEnnsylvAniA, AnD yAlE. All oF thE ivy lEAguE univErsitiEs shArE somE gEnErAl ChArACtEristiCs: thEy ArE Among thE most prEstigious AnD sElECtivE univErsitiEs in thE u.s.; thEy ConsistEntly plACE ClosE to thE top oF CollEgE AnD univErsity rAnkings; thEy rAnk within thE top onE pErCEnt oF thE worlD’’s univErsitiEs in tErms oF FinAnCiAl EnDowmEnt; thEy AttrACt top-tiEr stuDEnts AnD FACulty (Although mAny unDErgrADuAtE ClAssEs ArE tAught By grADuAtE stuDEnts or ADjunCt FACulty — thE ExtEnt oF this prACtiCE vAriEs grEAtly, For ExAmplE,Brown univErsity AnDColumBiA univErsity rEquirE All thEir proFEssors to tEACh unDErgrADuAtEs As pArt oF thEir univErsity-CollEgE moDEls, AnDDArtmouthCollEgE simply AvoiDs lEtting grADuAtE stuDEnts tEACh unDErgrADuAtEs in most CAsEs); AnD thEy hAvE rElAtivEly smAll unDErgrADuAtE populAtions, rAnging BEtwEEn 4,100 ForDArtmouthCollEgE AnD 13,700 ForCornEll univErsity.thE iviEs ArE Among thE olDEst univErsitiEs in thE Country — All ButCornEll univErsity wErE FounDED DuringAmEriCA’’s ColoniAl Er
A、notABly, thE iviEs Also prohiBit thE oFFEring oF AthlEtiC sCholArships to stuDEnts in most CAsEs; this BAn DiFFErEntiAtEs ivy tEAms From thosE oF sChools thAt pErmit stuDEnts to BE pAiD to AttEnD or to join A tEAm.thE ivy lEAguE univErsitiEs ArE privAtEly ownED AnD ControllE
D、Although mAny oF thEm rECEivE FunDing From thE FEDErAl or stAtE govErnmEnts to pursuE rEsEArCh, onlyCornEll hAs stAtE-supportED ACADEmiC units, tErmED stAtutory CollEgEs-, thAt ArE An intEgrAl pArt oF thE univErsity.in 1936 thE unDErgrADuAtE nEwspApErs oF thEsE univErsitiEs rAn An EDitoriAl At thE sAmE timE ADvoCAting thE FormAtion oF An "ivy lEAguE," But thE First movE towArD this EnD wAs not tAkEn until 1945. in thAt yEAr, thE prEsiDEnts oF thE Eight sChools signED thE First ivy groupAgrEEmEnt. As lAtE As thE 1960s mAny oF thE ivy lEAguE univErsitiEs’’ unDErgrADuAtE progrAms rEmAinED opEn only to mEn, withCornEll thE only onE to hAvE BEEn CoEDuCAtionAl From its FounDing (1865) AnDColumBiA BEing thE lAst (1983) to BEComE CoEDuCAtionAl. whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEnt is not mEntionED in thE pAssAgE
A、thEColumBiA univErsity wAs thE lAst to opEn to womEn.
B．thE First AgrEEmEnt oF ivy lEAguE wAs signED ninE yEArs AFtEr thE First ADvoCACy.
C、thE grADuAtEs oF thE ivy lEAguE ArE thE most wElComE in thE joB mArkEt.
D、thE Eight univErsitiEs oF thE ivy lEAguE ArE All in thE northEAstErn pArt oF thE unitED stAtEs.