November 16, 2001
ROTC Enjoys Interest, but Will It Enlist More Recruits?
Long-term goals and economics play a greater role in students' decisions than short-term patriotism
On September 11, the drumbeat of duty starts to sound in the young woman's ears. Days later, she strides into the office of her college's unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, ready to sign up for the war on terrorism.
That might make for a good television commercial, but the story is not so clear-cut. A surge of post-September 11 patriotism has rekindled the debate over
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