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After completing Harvard's Navy ROTC course, he served two years of active duty in the Navy...
...conditions of the Solomon Amendment are fundamentally unjust. The measure denies certain federal grants to any school that prohibits or prevents "the Secretary of Defense from obtaining, for military purposes, entry to campuses, access to students on campuses, access to directory information on students, or that has an anti-ROTC policy." HLS would lose funds primarily from its federal work-study programs and Perkins loans grants...
...school is hopeful that it will still receive the affected grants. An ROTC program exists at nearby MIT, representatives of the military are not barred from campus if invited to speak by individual students and recruiters are provided with directory information. But regardless of the outcome of this particular case, for the sake of students around the country, we hope Congress will reconsider the logic of the Solomon Amendment. If the military is having so much trouble gaining access to university campuses, perhaps it should reconsider its own policies before resorting to strong-arm tactics...
...advisory in "The Military Educator", the amendment denies certain types of federal grants to any school that prohibits or prevents "the Secretary of Defense from obtaining, for military recruiting purposes, entry to campuses, access to students on campuses, access to directory information on students or that has an anti-ROTC [Reserve Officer's Training Corps] policy...
According to Kevin Casey from the HarvardOffice of the General Counsel, Harvard College isnot in danger of losing funds despite its policyprohibiting a Harvard-based ROTC program, since alocal program is available...