Claim: José Ferrer Canales studied Spanish and Latin American literature at Columbia, a private Ivy League university and New York City's oldest.
Evidence: That same year the university also awarded him a grant to study Spanish and Latin American literature at Columbia University in New York City. Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.