When did Penn become an Ivy League?

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<p>Penn can be proud of its heritage. </p>

<p>Per the Penn link below, “Ben Franklin’s 1749 pamphlet on the aims of education, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania, led directly to the founding of the Academy of Philadelphia, since 1791 known as the University of Pennsylvania.”</p>

<p>The full text of the pamphlet can be found at:
[Proposals</a> Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania, 1749](<a href=“http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/1749proposals.html]Proposals”>http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/1749proposals.html)</p>

<p>As previously stated, unlike many of its peers, it was not founded as a theological school. As Benjamin Franklin recommended:</p>

<p>“As to their STUDIES, it would be well if they could be taught every Thing that is useful, and every Thing that is ornamental: But Art is long, and their Time is short. It is therefore propos’d that they learn those Things that are likely to be most useful and most ornamental. Regard being had to the several Professions for which they are intended.”</p>

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The culture of Penn State, especially for students, is certainly that of a typical large, public, land grant university. But to suggest the mixed nature of its private governance and subsidized in-state tuition is common among public schools is false.</p>