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Tufts University's "support" of ROTC
Tufts University's Board of Trustees recently replied to a letter from ACTA by forwarding a response from Tufts president Larry Bacow claiming that Tufts does support ROTC. In fact, as students rightly note in an article in yesterday's Tufts Daily, Bacow is being disingenuous since Tufts refuses to offer credit to students who take ROTC classes at MIT. The Daily's editorial staff and ACTA agree: It's time to make it easier for students to participate in ROTC at Tufts. More importantly, it's time that the board looked into the policies itself -- rather than simply taking President Bacow's word for it.
Leaders at Tufts might also take a cue from the administrators at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. According to a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education today, UMBC leaders are going out of their way to make ROTC opportunities available to students. And they should also take note of the military's stated desire to bump up recruiting -- a fact that surely undercuts Tufts' claims to the contrary.
Posted by Michael Schilling on October 30, 2008 at October 30, 2008 01:45 PM
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The real question is why a self-respecting institution like MIT gives academic credit for ROTC classes. What's next, credit for "life experience"?
Posted by: Credit for cheerleading too? at November 3, 2008 12:44 PM