(01-04-2013 08:39 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  Wonder where Dr Noland wants ETSU athletics to be in ten years?

As much as he's talked about it, alot. Academically though, ETSU does need some tweaking. Even if it actually hurts enrollment, push the admission standard for incoming freshman on a 4-5 year plan from a 2.3 up to around a 2.7 by year five.
Good grief man, if you can't pull a 2.3 in high school these days college probably isn't the answer here. With tutoring options, and high school teachers having to hit some of these ridiculous benchmarks they are going above and beyond getting today's high school kids atleast a C+, if not B level work in everything.
It's food for thought here, but conferences that get mentioned, the CAA especially cares about its' academics. I'm not really sure what ETSU has in common with JMU, William and Mary, Towson, Rhode Island, Delaware, Hofstra (other than dropping football), etc...
I wish ETSU had more in common academically with them, but as we sit today, they really don't.