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ROTC and Yale
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) Applauds Return of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to Yale
National Higher Education Group's Advocacy Pays Off; ACTA Experts Available to Comment on ROTC at Elite Colleges
Yale President Richard Levin announced the return of ROTC to Yale . Yale's faculty recently voted to overturn the rules that had banned ROTC from campus in the late 1960s. Importantly, the new rules grant academic rank to ROTC instructors and ensure Yale provides necessary facilities for ROTC. The press conference is anticipated to announce an agreement between the Yale Corporation and the Navy to restore ROTC on campus.
"We praise the Yale Corporation for bridging the troubling chasm between the academy and the military," ACTA President Anne Neal said. "By underscoring that defense of our liberties is an important form of public service, the trustees have exercised their fiduciary responsible to improve student life and learning. Now the trustees must work with faculty to ensure that ROTC students are enrolled in an excellent academic program. We applaud Yale for joining institutions such as Harvard and Columbia in restoring ROTC."
For years, ACTA has supported the return of ROTC to Yale and other peer institutions, corresponding with the Yale Corporation and other boards of trustees. In addition to writing to boards, ACTA President Anne Neal has spoken about ROTC at Columbia--words quoted by Columbia legend Jacques Barzun in his Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for ROTC's return--and was profiled by the Harvard Crimson for her efforts at Harvard and was quoted in the AP story about ROTC's return to Harvard.
ACTA policy experts are available to discuss ROTC. Contact Senior Researcher Michael Pomeranz at 202-467-0376 or MPomeranz[at]goacta.org.
Posted by Michael Pomeranz on May 26, 2011 at May 26, 2011 10:10 AM
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