Junior Circuit: How Long Before Ex-Juco Dixie is Forced to Change Name?

A couple of questions surfaced when NCAA Division I newcomer Dixie State opposed top-ranked Gonzaga just before the end of the calendar year. First, how long will self-righteous know-it-alls allow Dixie to retain its name in their oppressive politically-correct cancel culture? Also, how many other major universities originally were two-year junior colleges like Dixie?

In the mid-1970s, Robert Morris (Pa.) became the only school to make move from junior-college ranks to NCAA Division I in the span of one year. Dixie State joined the following alphabetical list of current NCAA DI schools that previously were junior colleges (including four institutions in both Louisiana and Utah):

Former Junior College	Inaugural DI Season
Arkansas-Little Rock	1978-79
Boise State (Idaho)	1971-72
Campbell (N.C.)	1977-78
*Charlotte	1972-73
Dixie State (Utah)	2020-21
Gardner-Webb (N.C.)	2002-03
**Idaho State	1947-48
Jacksonville (Fla.)	1966-67
***Lamar (Tex.)	1969-70
Lipscomb (Tenn.)	2001-02
****Louisiana-Monroe	1973-74
*****McNeese State (La.)	1973-74
******Nicholls State (La.)	1980-81
UNC Wilmington	1976-77
*******Portland State (Ore.)	1972-73
Robert Morris (Pa.)	1976-77
San Diego State (Calif.)	1970-71
********South Carolina Upstate	2007-08
Southeastern Louisiana	1980-81
Southern Utah	1988-89
Tennessee-Martin	1992-93
Texas-Arlington	1968-69
Utah Valley State	2004-05
Weber State (Utah)	1963-64

*Founded in 1946 as Charlotte College.
**Known as Idaho-Southern Branch.
***Founded in 1923 as South Park Junior College.
****Originally known as Northeast Junior College.
*****Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College before changing name to John McNeese Junior College the next year.
******Founded in 1948 as Francis T. Nicholls Junior College.
*******Previously known as Vanport Extension Center.
********Originally known as Spartanburg Regional Campus.