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The 2009 NCAA Convention provided a welcome respite from the somewhat contentious previous two years in Division III. This year’s business session did not include any of the controversial legislative proposals or provocative issues that had characterized the 2007 and 2008 Conventions. It was, I believe, a time for the Division to catch its breath. There were, however, significant and substantive issues that were discussed. Most important was the presentation of a series of nine Presidential White Papers (NCAA Division III Hot Topics, 2008) that were prepared over the preceding six months. The White Paper topics are; Presidential Leadership, Philosophy and Identity, Financial Aid Standards, Division II as a Possible Membership Destination, Sports Sponsorship and Membership Requirements, Preference for the Current Playing Season Standards, Academic Considerations, Championships, and Budget Priorities and Dues Structure. Of these nine White Papers three—Presidential Leadership, The Philosophy and Identity of Division III, and Division III Financial Aid Standards—were identified as the highest priority by the Division III Presidents Council after consultation with the Presidents Advisory Group and the Division III Management Council. Among the White Papers that were not afforded the stamp of urgency was the paper on Academic Considerations. In that paper the Presidents call for an exploration of the need for greater data gathering on Division III academic issues, in hopes of establishing some national norms to which individual institutions might be able to compare themselves. In this article I will lay out a rationale for why the recommendations in the Academic Considerations White Paper should be a higher priority, describe a possible method for compiling this data, and describe the benefits that would accrue to the division and its members for doing so. These benefits include the potential for greater academic research on Division III, a comparatively neglected area of scholarly inquiry. Division III is, by number of institutions, the largest of the three NCAA divisions. It is also the most diverse, with institutions ranging in enrollment from over 20,000 to fewer than 500 with an equally diverse range of institutional missions, academic profiles, and campus cultures. The first sentence of the Division III Philosophy Statement describes its members as “. . . plac(ing) highest priority on the

Anecdote or Data: Research on NCAA Division III Academic Performance and the Division III Presidential White Papers