Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ROTC would make almost no contribution to democratizing the military or fulfilling any genuine defense needs which may exist. It would only enhance the U.S. military's prestige, increase its credibility on other campuses, and legitimize Harvard's other military-related activities...
Retired Army Gen. Hugh B. Hester wrote this summer that ROTC graduates, in fact, make relatively poor army material. Because the U.S.'s real defense needs require great technical expertise. Hester said, the army would do better to rely on trained civilians in emergencies...
...ROTC is also unlikely to generate a "civilian-oriented" military. Those cadets most likely to challenge prevailing U.S. policy -- graduate students who enrolled to avoid the draft -- would obviously no longer play a part in ROTC. Those who would enroll in ROTC above and beyond their regular program under no draft pressure would be unlikely to present new perspectives on defense policy...
Since army enlisted men already have the opportunity to attend Universities at the army's expense. Harvard ROTC would not be broadening available educational opportunities. It would only return military training to civilian campuses...
...addition, Harvard ROTC failed to affect either the ultimate composition of the army or of the Harvard student body. Few Harvard cadets received any substantial ROTC scholarship, and virtually no ROTC scholarships are granted for need. Thus, the program promoted, and would continue to promote, little upward mobility -- either at Harvard or in the military itself...