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Show 52 instruction, but in practice detachments percent of the contact hours 2. required). Military Science As An Area of Professional Study in Higher Education.46 Pope reviewed the development of officer education policy in the military since World War II for area a (Army ROTC) science military higher education. in His argument civilian institution military career individual by following as was an that and a provided of professional study in career officer candidate program of instruction a a military education reserve is officer. through the The U. S. does not--but This could be learning. ought to--exist in accomplished an for designed only other a an course Military Academy. Thus, the argument continues, the option to prepare for career rationale a only prepare himself (or herself) for can destined to become of action for Army (184 average 662 hours lifelong a institution of higher if institutions of higher learning offered undergraduate military science majors in the curriculum. Acceptance of this concept for the of profession pursuing a course arms would in a of studies in permit manner an individual similar to preparation for a an to prepare oneself engineer career in a or doctor selected field. In the process of survey of recent ROTC developing his thesis, Pope presents It is 46John L. Pope, Military very well the work Science As An Area of Professional Study Ph. D. Dissertation, University of (unpublished California, Berkeley, 1975). Education to probably the finest contemporary accounting for Army ROTC available and complements Higher excellent history, its problems, proposed solutions problems, and alternatives. in an |
