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The NCAA News - News and FeaturesSeptember 14, 1998 Number of members now at 1,251
Active membership expands to 964Total NCAA membership has grown to an all-time high of 1,251 active, provisional, conference, affiliated and corresponding members. A total of 33 provisional members moved to active status effective September 1. Also, 49 new provisional members joined the Association at that time. The increase represents a 3.5 percent growth -- from 933 to 964 -- in active-member colleges and universities. The total membership growth was 4.3 percent (from 1,200 to 1,251). There also were increases in the number of provisional members, conferences and affiliated organizations. Division I membership grew by four from 306 to 310, including one provisional member--the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff--moving to active status. Division II increased from 254 colleges and universities to 267, and Division III grew from 373 to 387. The only decrease in any of the membership categories was in corresponding members. A three-year application process for provisional members was adopted at the 1994 NCAA Convention. The provisional period was extended to four years, effective August 1, 1997. The first two years are considered educational or orientation years in which the member receives all NCAA forms, publications, mailings and general information from the national office regarding the activities of the Association. Provisional members are expected to be in full compliance with the Association's legislation during the third and fourth years. They also are required to administer their athletics programs under the rules of their preferred divisions. Also during the second, third and fourth years, the members may be counted for the purpose of meeting scheduling requirements as an NCAA opponent in the division in which they are seeking active membership. However, no waiver opportunities are available other than those related to circumstances beyond the school's control. Eighteen provisional colleges and universities became active members in Division II, effective September 1: Brigham Young University, Hawaii; Central Washington University; Christian Brothers University; East Central University; Hawaii Pacific University; University of the Incarnate Word; Northeastern State University; Rockhurst College; Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Southwestern Oklahoma State University; St. Edward's University; St. Martin's College; St. Mary's University (Texas); Texas Lutheran University; Texas Wesleyan University; Tusculum College; Western Washington University; and Westminster University (Pennsylvania). The 14 provisional members that became active in Division III are Brooklyn College; College of Mount St. Joseph; Hilbert College; Lasell College; Lewis and Clark College; Linfield College; University of Maine, Farmington; University of the Ozarks (Arkansas); Pacific Lutheran University; Pacific University (Oregon); Wheelock College; Whitman College; Whitworth College; and Willamette University. The new conference members include the North Pacific Field Hockey Conference, the Northeastern Collegiate Volleyball Association, the New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance, the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference, the Lake Michigan Conference, the American Southwest Conference and the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges. New affiliated members include the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association, National Association of Division III Athletics Administrators, National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators, New England Basketball Coaches Association, Eddie G. Robinson Foundation, Naismith Awards, Women's Sports Foundation, Sun Bowl Association and Division II College Commissioners Association. There are two new corresponding members: University of Virgin Islands and Riekes Center. Division I will have one provisional member graduate to active status September 1, 1999. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, is a new provisional member that will become active September 1, 2002. Division II has three more provisional members slated for active status September 1, 1999, and another that will become an active member September 1, 2000. There are 26 schools entering their first year of provisional membership this fall. They include: Benedict College; Bloomfield College; Caldwell College; Carroll College (Montana); Concordia University, St. Paul; Converse College; Dallas Baptist University; Dominican College (New York); Felician College; Georgian Court College; Northwest Nazarene University; Nova Southeastern University; Nyack College; Ohio Valley College; Roberts Wesleyan College; Spelman College; St. Thomas Aquinas College; Teikyo Post University; Tiffin University; University of Minnesota, Crookston; University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon; University of Puerto Rico, Cayey; University of Puerto Rico, Humacao; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; and Western Oregon University. Division III will have seven provisional members move to active status in 1999, four in 2000 and two in 2001. There are 22 new provisional Division III schools that will complete their fourth year of provisional status in 2002. They include: Baptist Bible College; Bay Path College; Becker College; Dominican University (Illinois); D'Youville University; Husson College; La Grange College; LeTourneau University; Lindenwood University; Medaille College; Mount Ida College; New York City Technical College; Northland College; Peace College; Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Philadelphia College of the Bible; Piedmont College; University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg; University of Texas at Dallas; Seattle University; Shawnee State University; and State University of New York, Farmingdale.
September 1, 1998
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