By: Chancelor Griffin

  Oldest higher education institution in the United States  Namesake is after John Harvard, the University’s first benefactor  Established in 1636 following majority vote of e Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony  Initially named “New College”  Founded by Puritan ministers Harvard University “

  Established in 1701 by Congregationalists ministers.  Originally referred to as the Collegiate School  Name in honor of Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who was one of the first benefactors of the school  Yale’s early scientific and religious heavy curriculum was a result of the Enlightenment influenced presidents Ezra Stiles and Thomas Clap Yale University

  One of the nine original Colonial colleges and fourth oldest institution in the United States  Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740 after his desire to establish an institution not merely focused on clerical instruction.  Became one of the first multidisciplinary institutions and first United States university to have both graduate and undergraduate schools of education University of Pennsylvania

  Originally named College of New Jersey  Established as America’s fourth college in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey  Originally founded by New Light Presbyterians in order to correctly instruct ministers in their views  Charter for the institution was given on October 22, 1746 by the Province of New Jersey  John Witherspoon became instrumental in school’s focus on more liberal education as he helped institution place less emphasis on clerical instruction and more on Princeton University

  Founded on October 31, 1754,  Original name was King’s College  Royal charter of King George II of England  Fifth oldest in the United States  Originally Anglican Univeristy  Name changed to Columbia following patriotic passion of the Revolution in 1784(comes from Christopher Columbus) Columbia University

  Established on on March 2, 1764 as a result of a charter from House of Magistrates passed by Samuel Ward and Edward Thurston  First Ivy League to accept all religions  Third college in new England, 7 th in America  Originally called College of Rhode Island  Moved to Providence, RI in 1770  Renamed Brown after Nicolas Brown in 1804, class of 1786 after $5,000 gift Brown University

  Ninth oldest University within the United States  Charter for the institution signed on December 13, 1769 by John Wentworth governer of New Hampshire and was issued under King George III  Originally founded by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock(Puritan) as place of education for Native Americans  Became last instutution createad within Colonial rule Dartmouth University

  Established by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White in January  Both men met in New York State Senate and due to their individual aspirations for the betterment of education were able to create Cornell as a result of Cornell’s $400,000 endowment.  Became one of the first American co-ed Universities Cornell University

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