U. of New Orleans Weighs Move to NCAA's Division III
With enrollments down sharply since 2005's hurricanes and students voting against boosting their fees to fill in the missing funds, University of New Orleans officials announced Wednesday that they were considering dropping out of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. New Orleans officials said they were reviewing a possible move to Division III after concluding that fund raising efforts and a donor's sports-focused bequest were going to be insufficient to sustain the program in Division I, the association's most visible but most expensive competitive level. Competing in Division III would allow UNO to increase the number of teams and athletes on its campus.
