Stanford considers bringing ROTC back

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Nearly 40 years after anti-war protests and other complaints forced ROTC programs off the Stanford campus, the military training program could be on its way back.

A faculty committee will study the possibility of inviting the Reserve Officer Training Corps back to campus, said Andrea Goldsmith, an electrical engineering professor who chairs the Faculty Senate.

"One possibility is for Stanford to re-establish a ROTC program on the Stanford campus, but there are many other possibilities as well," she said last week at a senate meeting.

The 11 Stanford students now enrolled in ROTC now must attend their classes at other universities: UC Berkeley for Navy and Marine ROTC; San Jose State University for the Air Force; and Santa Clara University for the Army.

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[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. I would be surperised if its only 11 students

ROTC scholarships are are seriously good deal. They pay all tuition, regardless of where you go. I could understand students not advertising their participation as it is seriously not popular on many campuses.

[Captain Hilts]

2. ROTC is the only way a lot of folks can afford to attend private universities. nt