Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seven pro-ROTC arguments in the following assessment are drawn from statements made by President Bok, Col. Robert H. Pell, former professor of Military Science, Boston University faculty who support the reestablishment of B.U. ROTC. representatives of the armed forces, and students who support the reinstatement of ROTC at Harvard...
...ROTC helps preserve the tradition of a "civilian military" under the direction of an independent-minded officer corps...
...first 30 years, until the end of World War II, ROTC aimed at recruiting a large corps of "reserve amateurs," men who could fulfill responsible positions in the military because--although they had not risen through the ranks--they had benefitted from both a ROTC and a liberal course of training...
Since World War II, ROTC has shifted towards recruiting highly-skilled career soldiers and professional specialists to meet the needs of a smaller, more technically sophisticated military. During the sixties, only those ROTC students who enlisted to forestall the draft were likely to maintain an independent "civilian consciousness." This reservoir of prospective civilian-oriented ROTC cadets no longer exists...
Even without ROTC, nothing exists to prevent military men from spending time in liberal arts colleges--as many do--or to prevent Congress from authorizing more scholarships to induce non-ROTC students to pledge long terms of military service...