(01-19-2021 01:42 PM)teamvsn Wrote:  Still, growing back to 10k is a big step. It would take a drastic change to do that quickly, such as reorienting from being a commuter campus and making themselves more attractive to traditional students. And that requires a functional athletics program.

Does it?

Even if you only count non-profit colleges and universities that grant bachelor's degrees, and even if you exclude "specialty schools" (e.g., music conservatories or religious seminaries), there are well over 1,000 US colleges and universities that don't have Division I athletics, compared to about 350 that do.