To the Editor:
I have been closely reading about the Reserved Officers' Training Corps possible return to Brown's campus over the last couple of weeks in The Herald. As a former member of the College Curriculum Council and Task Force on Undergraduate Education, I have seen little attention devoted to a major concern I have about ROTC — allowing an outside entity with little oversight by the college to offer courses for credit toward Brown graduation.
On the CCC, we worked to maintain the integrity of the Brown curriculum examining its quality by course, concentration and graduation requirements. As the newly formed committee reexamines Brown's policy toward ROTC, I hope they will decide that Brown will continue to monitor all credit-bearing courses through the same rigorous process the CCC uses. It is in our best interests to ensure that the ROTC policy which requires their courses bear credit does not cause an erosion of the quality of education at Brown and the meaning of a Brown degree.
Jason Becker '09 MA'10
