Difference between revisions of "Reserve Officers Training Corps"
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* ROTC Cadets may receive full scholarships, allowing students without means to attend Columbia. | * ROTC Cadets may receive full scholarships, allowing students without means to attend Columbia. | ||
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* ROTC Cadets are guaranteed a job upon graduation. | * ROTC Cadets are guaranteed a job upon graduation. | ||
| − | * Summer internships and training opportunities. | + | * Summer internships and other training opportunities. |
* Change the armed forces from within by producing Columbia educated officer. | * Change the armed forces from within by producing Columbia educated officer. | ||
* Students should have the right to attend ROTC classes at Columbia, just as many other schools offer. | * Students should have the right to attend ROTC classes at Columbia, just as many other schools offer. | ||
| − | + | * Little to no cost to university. | |
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== Anti-ROTC arguments == | == Anti-ROTC arguments == | ||
Revision as of 23:37, 22 April 2007
Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is military training program. It is currently banned from Columbia, though it is available to Columbia students through cross-town programs at Fordham University (Army) and Manhattan College (Air Force). Columbia Student Affairs maintains a website with information on these programs.
Pro-ROTC arguments
- ROTC Cadets may receive full scholarships, allowing students without means to attend Columbia.
- ROTC Cadets are guaranteed a job upon graduation.
- Summer internships and other training opportunities.
- Change the armed forces from within by producing Columbia educated officer.
- Students should have the right to attend ROTC classes at Columbia, just as many other schools offer.
- Little to no cost to university.
Anti-ROTC arguments
- Lack of interest.
- Scholarship opportunities no longer compelling due the changes in financial aid policies.
- Military courses are not academically rigorous and do not merit academic credit.
- Tacit endorsement of warfare has no place in an academic setting.
- ROTC is a costly program.
- Congressional Don't Ask Don't Tell law contravenes anti-discrimination policies.
