Word: rotc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committee conceded that its study came during a period of "unprecedented faculty and student opposition to ROTC. " Three Ivy League schools Harvard, Dartmouth and Columbia have taken steps to curtail or drop ROTC completely...
...page document was drawn up by six college educators and three senior military officers. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird ordered the review last spring in the wake of mounting dissent over ROTC...
...Indeed, insofar as some crities fear 'militaristic' influence in the national defense system, opposition to ROTC issingularly inappropriate-its abolition would decrease civilian influence...
...committee said ROTC, as a means of procuring half the regular officers in the service, is in the national interest. The report recommended the program he strengthened and improved rather than dropped...
...report recommended approprate academic credit for ROTC courses, faculty status for the officer-instructors and continued wearing of uniforms and military drilling on campus...