This qualitative study addressed an information gap on both the presence and frequency of human rights education (HRE) available to international students attending the US military war colleges as participants in the State Department-funded "Expanded International Military Education and Training" program. The study was specifically…

Haskell Indian Nations University opened 133 years ago, on September 17, 1884, as the U.S. Training and Industrial School--one of three original tribal boarding schools funded by the United States Congress. Three years later the school changed its name to Haskell Institute in honor of Chase Dudley Haskell, a U.S. representative from the Second…

The U.S. military-service academies--at West Point (Army), Annapolis (Navy), Colorado Springs (Air Force), and New London (Coast Guard)--are at the center of several debates, both military and civilian. The military is downsizing, and the federal budget is under scrutiny: Do the academies deserve to continue if they are not producing better…

Located just north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is one of the nation's federally funded military service academies. With an enrollment of approximately 4,400 undergraduates, the academy offers an integrated four-year curriculum of academics, athletics, leadership and character development, military…

This report provides descriptive national data on the prevalence and characteristics of services and support programs for military service members and veterans at postsecondary institutions in the United States. This survey provides the first nationally representative data on this topic. The data presented in this First Look were collected for the…

America has always felt ambivalent towards its armed forces. During national emergencies it has shown them support, but during longer eras of calm this has often turned to distrust and scorn. LTC Robert Bateman examines the underpinnings of this uneasy and complex relationship, which has been mirrored and expressed most intensely (sometimes in…

"Intermediate Leadership Development" is the subject of this Reserve Officers Training Corps manual which is designed to be used as a textbook. The individual actions which protect a soldier and make him effective in small units are discussed in Part One. Part Two is concerned with techniques of military instruction and provides…

This manual is a textbook for the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps course entitled "Introduction to Leadership Development." Part One of the manual explains the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the high school and college levels, outlines the concept of the citizen-soldier in American history, and explains the organization of the…

Briefly describes the evolution of postsecondary military education programs, focusing on certain quality control problems which reduce the effectiveness of the educational effort made by the Department of Defense. Implementation of a market-oriented response to the quality control problem is proposed as a route to program improvement. (Author/JL)

Research into the career intentions of Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC cadets showed that a majority were willing to stay and continue into the advanced program, even without financial aid. The proportion for Army enrollees was much lower than for Navy or Air Force enrollees. Almost half of all advanced cadets were undecided about staying on active…

Research was conducted to improve applicant selection procedures in the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship program. The objectives were to document predictive relationships, if any, between student aptitude measures, academic major, institutional selectivity, and eventual completion of the scholarship program. The…