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Five Colleges of Ohio - Definition |
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The Five Colleges of Ohio is a consortium of selective private liberal arts colleges in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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The members are:
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
- Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
- Denison University, Granville, Ohio
- College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
It is a nonprofit educational consortium established in 1995 to promote the broad educational and cultural objectives of its member institutions. The consortium is an outgrowth of a highly successful collaboration and friedly academic and athletic rivalries among the five institutions. According to the Princeton Review, the average selectivity rankings for The Five Colleges of Ohio is 95 on a scale from 60 to 99 (placing them among the most selective universities and colleges not only in Ohio but in the United States).
History
It was founded in the early 1990s after informal discussions have been formalized by the incorportation of the organization on June 30, 1995. The five colleges had been been affiliated as members of state and national educational and athletic organizations and had enjoyed friendly rivalry in various academic and athletic competitions, similar to Little Three in New England.
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, awarded in June 1995, provided for the development of a joint library system, establishment of an administrative structure, and investigation of the benefits and methods for sharing digital images and multimedia resources, establishing The Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc. as a legal entity.
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Example Usage of Colleges |
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professortop: I had lunch with my Colleges at my place to celebrate a Chrismas... See beautiful pics... http://twitpic.com/um86r http://twitpic.com/um85e |
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AntisBadCredit: @SpotZ1941 most of them went to big name Colleges one is doing good in wallstreet and one was a governor the rest do movies |
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TaZaMania_Will: @kris10ash ok ok lol dun kill me or beat me wit da baseball bat so who do yall play tho? sava state? or jus private Colleges |
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