The relative numbers in the different service branches tell an important story. Army ROTC is cross-town at Providence College, making participation workable, but Naval ROTC is at Holy Cross in Worcester MA and Air Force ROTC is at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in MA, making participation difficult. Unlike Yale. Brown was unwilling to create on-campus ROTC programs for service branches for which there was no convenient cross-town option.
I don't know whether numbers have increased at Brown since 2019, but the lack of on-campus or cross-town options for Naval and Air Force ROTC makes the environment at Brown less welcoming than it is at any other Ivy or comparable university.
Kenneth Roth, who was born Jewish but married in an Anglican church, shouldn't need a Harvard website to know the date of Rosh HaShana. Roth chose not to spend the day in synagogue but instead to be at work, demonizing Israel when there are no identified Jews to oppose him.
Brown does not have an ROTC program. Its students can do ROTC at other institutions.
They seem to be trying with some success:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2016-09-16/rotc
https://www.brown.edu/news/2017-05-27/commissioning
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2024/09/brown-opens-new-office-space-for-growing-military-affiliated-student-population
https://omas.brown.edu/rotc-commissioning-programs/air-force-rotc
https://omas.brown.edu/rotc-commissioning-programs
https://omas.brown.edu/rotc-commissioning-programs/army-rotc
https://omas.brown.edu/about/staff
As of 2019 at Brown "there are 17 ROTC cadets currently on campus, including 11 in Army ROTC, four in Naval and two in Air Force" (https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2019/11/university-rotc-cadets-navigate-reestablished-program).
The relative numbers in the different service branches tell an important story. Army ROTC is cross-town at Providence College, making participation workable, but Naval ROTC is at Holy Cross in Worcester MA and Air Force ROTC is at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in MA, making participation difficult. Unlike Yale. Brown was unwilling to create on-campus ROTC programs for service branches for which there was no convenient cross-town option.
In contrast, at Harvard 23 ROTC students were in the 2024 graduating class alone (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/twenty-three-take-oath-of-service-at-commissioning-ceremony/) and the numbers in the pipeline are similarly strong.
I don't know whether numbers have increased at Brown since 2019, but the lack of on-campus or cross-town options for Naval and Air Force ROTC makes the environment at Brown less welcoming than it is at any other Ivy or comparable university.
Kenneth Roth, who was born Jewish but married in an Anglican church, shouldn't need a Harvard website to know the date of Rosh HaShana. Roth chose not to spend the day in synagogue but instead to be at work, demonizing Israel when there are no identified Jews to oppose him.
The Ken Roth episode raises the question: Does Harvard have a learning disability?