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[[IAAY]] (Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth) is the now-defunct umbrella association that encompassed [[CTY]], [[CAA]], [http://cty.jhu.edu/set/index.html Study of Exceptional Talent (SET)], and other similar programs run by Johns Hopkins University and aimed at academically talented youth. The acronym was emblazoned on shirts and [[lanyard|lanyards]] from the mid-1990s until around 2000, when the umbrella organization was disbanded. Johns Hopkins now does most of its fundraising, including fundraising for non-CTY programs like CAA, under the CTY name.
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[[IAAY]] (Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth) was a name used by CTY in the 1990s to describe the organization as a whole, encompassing [[CTY]], [[CAA]], [http://cty.jhu.edu/set/ Study of Exceptional Talent (SET)], etc. The acronym was emblazoned on shirts and [[lanyard]]s. Eventually wiser heads realized that good old "CTY" is a better recognized name, and reverted back to that.
  
 
Students who attended CTY during the IAAY days tended to pronounce "IAAY" as "Eeee-ahhhh-eeee."
 
Students who attended CTY during the IAAY days tended to pronounce "IAAY" as "Eeee-ahhhh-eeee."
  
 
See also: [[CTY organization history]].
 
See also: [[CTY organization history]].
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==External Links==
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[https://web.archive.org/web/19970518130157/http://www.jhu.edu:80/~gifted/index.html The IAAY Website]
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{{The Essential CTY}}
 
{{The Essential CTY}}
  
 
[[Category:General]]
 
[[Category:General]]

Latest revision as of 18:38, 19 June 2017

IAAY (Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth) was a name used by CTY in the 1990s to describe the organization as a whole, encompassing CTY, CAA, Study of Exceptional Talent (SET), etc. The acronym was emblazoned on shirts and lanyards. Eventually wiser heads realized that good old "CTY" is a better recognized name, and reverted back to that.

Students who attended CTY during the IAAY days tended to pronounce "IAAY" as "Eeee-ahhhh-eeee."

See also: CTY organization history.

External Links

The IAAY Website