The NEAC has accepted SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Institute of Technology as full-members to the conference beginning in the 2008-2009 academic year.

SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleksill, NY and was recently accepted to the NCAA and will begin NCAA DIII provisional membership in 2008-2009 at the same time they join the NEAC.  SUNY Cobleskill will be leaving behind many years of junior college athletics as they leave the National Junior College Athletic Association level.  They will be embarking on their new journey as a member of the NEAC where they will find support from other colleges who recently made a similar transition. 

SUNY Institute of Technology is located in Utica, NY and a current member of the SUNYAC but has made a bold move to join the NEAC.  In doing so, SUNY IT has made a commitment to give their student-athletes a quality athletic program through competition with similar institutions.  They have a wide array of athletic programs and are also a long time member of the NCAA Division III. 

The NEAC will be losing Keystone College and Philadelphia Biblical University at the conclusion of 2007-2008.

In 2008-2009, the NEAC membership will be at 10 strong including: Baptist Bible College (Clark Summit, PA), Cazenovia College (Cazenovia, NY), D’Youville College (Buffalo, NY), Keuka College (Keuka, NY), Penn State – Berks (Reading, PA), Penn State Harrisbug (Harrisburg, PA), SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY), SUNY Institute of Technology (Utica, NY), Wells College (Aurora, NY), and Wilson College (Chambersburg, PA).  The NEAC will continue to sponsor baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse (new in 2008-2009), men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.  The NEAC will look to add other sports that fit the new membership profile.