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University of New Haven president frames move to Division I as part of wider growth push including R&D park and Saudi campus
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University of New Haven President Jens Frederickson says the school’s recent move to NCAA Division I is part of a broader strategy that includes an acquired research-and-development facility, a planned relocation of the business college to the main campus and a new campus in Saudi Arabia.
University of New Haven President Jens Frederickson said the university’s recent decision to move its athletic programs to NCAA Division I was driven by strategic risk assessment and momentum among campus leaders, and is paired with a series of institutional expansion plans.
"There was a very real risk that we could be faced with a scenario where we may be divisionless," Frederickson said, describing exploratory talks after instability in the university’s former division and conference. He said the administration, working with a newly hired athletic director and the board, moved quickly to pursue the transition to avoid being left behind.
Frederickson framed the Division I decision as one element of a broader push to…
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