Reserve Officers Training Corps

ROTC 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 can get full scholarships, allowing poor students to go to Columbia.
• Leadership training.
• ROTC Cadets are guaranteed a job upon graduation.
• Summer internships.
• Change the armed forces from within.
• Students should have the right to do ROTC training just at Columbia, just like at many other schools.

Anti-ROTC arguments

• Lack of interests.
• Military courses are not up to Columbia standards.
• ROTC is a costly program.
• Military Don't Ask Don't Tell policy contravenes university policy.