ROTC was booted off Stanford’s campus because of deep anti-war sentiments, weak military-based courses and the discrimination against gays long practiced by the armed forces.

Public universities, for the most part, did not ban ROTC, fearful of losing federal funds. At Stanford, the debate has been intense, but, unlike the '60s, polite.

ROTC doesn’t just raise the stakes; it demands a higher level of time management. In addition to a course load aimed at getting them to graduate within four years, ROTC students carry a long ...

Jimmy Ruck, a 21-year-old Stanford senior and Army ROTC cadet from Millbrae, Calif., will join a military intelligence unit as a second lieutenant after he graduates next month.

“ROTC is going to help me improve my leadership skills for the future in my [career] field. It’s going to help me develop all my goals, fit in with people, and maybe change my perspective ...

The ROTC program, which was founded in 1916, has 490 host units, most of them concentrated in the South and Midwest. Students receive scholarship money in return for agreeing to military service ...

Harvard treats ROTC scholarships as any other non-Harvard scholarship: it first reduces students’ term-time and summer earnings expectations and uses any remaining funds to replace Harvard grants.

College campuses, some of which spurned ROTC for years, now are embracing the military programs, as students look for leadership opportunities, financial help and the chance for service.

The replica M-16 rifles the ROTC unit at George Mason University uses for its training exercises led to a report of an active shooter on campus last month. The replica weapons are black and ...

The ROTC program at Wheaton College has a long and storied history that is steeped in the school’s Christian tradition. The Rolling Thunder Battalion was established in 1952.

ROTC Returns to Harvard After decades of chilly relations between Harvard University and the military, the elite school has welcomed back ROTC. Jennifer Levitz reports on Lunch Break.

Rutgers ROTC Cadet Hannah Lederman was activated through her unit, B Battery, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment, early last month to help out at the Veteran’s Memorial Home in ...