# division iii — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover division iii. Page: Feed: --- ## [Citing insufficient participation, two colleges drop men's volleyball after just two years](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/citing-insufficient-participation) _2026-07-17 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Two small colleges dropped men's volleyball teams two years after starting them. Both schools cited lack of participation as a reason. What does that mean? ## [What would a split of NCAA Division III look like?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-would-a-split-of-ncaa-division) _2026-03-24 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ A preview of my panel discussion at CSRI on Thursday ## [Lourdes University, with 72.3 percent athletes, will close at the end of the year](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/lourdes-university-with-723-percent) _2026-02-11 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Last March, Eric Kelderman penned an important article for The Chronicle of Higher Education about Lourdes University in Ohio titled, "We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans." The story correctly points out the risks to small, private colleges when they invest heavily in athletics as a way to attract students. ## [Is women's flag football poised to be an NCAA Emerging Sport?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/is-womens-flag-football-poised-to) _2026-01-12 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Will it matter that power conference schools are not adding it? ## [Growing athletic rosters and adding sports](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/growing-athletic-rosters-and-adding) _2026-01-05 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Examining strategies for how small, private colleges are staying afloat ## [What NCAA Division III schools excelled at athletics and academics last year?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-ncaa-division-iii-schools-excelled) _2025-08-27 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Is it time for Division III to revisit its structure? ## [Division I athletic departments becoming creative with the use of conjunctions](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/division-i-athletic-departments-becoming) _2025-06-30 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Increasingly, sports like track "and" field are becoming track "or" field ## [What Radford University’s sport sponsorship changes might tell us about a post-House world](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-radford-universitys-sport-sponsorship) _2025-06-06 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Are more Olympic sports cuts ahead? ## [Universities participating in the USDA rural loan program also have a high percentage of athletes](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/universities-participating-in-the) _2025-04-24 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ Nearly two-thirds of four-year schools in the loan program exceed 44% athletes ## [Production-grade web engineering (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vW89eHpzTca6) _2025-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ Senior engineers who rebuild or launch scalable web products with enterprise rigor ## [Saint Francis University becomes first D1 to decide not to challenge athletic headwinds](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/saint-francis-university-becomes) _2025-03-26 · Steve Dittmore, PhD · Glory Days_ What other D1 schools might be considering the same thing?