Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...near-unanimous vote followed a student strike so quickly, a few students and alumni and President Bok have suggested that only political expediency motivated the Faculty's decision. Bok went so far as to tell alumni last June that Harvard's good conscience depends on its willingness to reconsider ROTC...
...Faculty's original academic objections to ROTC still stand -- as the Faculty's apparent lack of interest in reviving the debate indicates. The original votes followed months of comprehensive study by three Faculty committees and the old Harvard Undergraduate Council...
...Faculty concluded in February 1969 that government-controlled pre-professional military training on campus violated Harvard's definition of liberal education and any reasonable conception of academic freedom. On that basis, it voted to deny ROTC course credit. Faculty appointments, and the free use of Harvard facilities...
What, then, would be the consequence of bringing Harvard ROTC back to life? Is ROTC any less objectionable now that U.S. military interference in Indochina has officially ended...
With the end of the war, not even military supporters can argue that ROTC cadets will fill immediate defense needs. Representatives of every armed service said this summer that existing programs already meet the need for junior officers...