Student Enrollment in ROTC Down Sharply
From Times Wire Reports
Nationwide enrollment in the Army’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps has slipped more than 16% over the last two school years, leaving the program, which trains and commissions more than six of every 10 new Army officers each year, with its fewest participants in nearly a decade.
The decline includes a 10% drop from the 2003-2004 school year to the term ending this spring. The Army’s Cadet Command at Fort Monroe, Va., said 26,566 students were enrolled now, down from 29,618 last year and 31,765 in 2002-2003.
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