"That's accurate, but it's only a small part of the security story. The vast majority of our 4,000-odd colleges and universities (including the elite ones) are hardly the ivory towers so associated with so-called woke movements and high-profile culture wars. Many, in fact, are the R&D labs of our national security infrastructure. They are the training grounds for the nation's cyber warriors, military leaders, intelligence officers and diplomats."
"The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is the military's largest commissioning source, with a footprint that spans the nation. Army ROTC alone operates at about 1,000 college campuses and provides merit-based benefits to roughly 15,000 students each year. It produces approximately 70 percent of the officers entering the Army annually, commissioning around 5,000 second lieutenants in a typical year. The scale is cross-service: Air Force ROTC maintains 145 host detachments and commissioned 2,109 Air Force and 141 Space Force officers in 2022."
American universities serve as critical national security assets beyond soft power, functioning as R&D labs and training grounds for cyber warriors, military leaders, intelligence officers, and diplomats. ROTC programs are the largest military commissioning source: Army ROTC operates at about 1,000 campuses, benefits roughly 15,000 students annually, and commissions about 5,000 second lieutenants, supplying roughly 70 percent of new Army officers. Air Force, Space, Navy, and Marine Corps ROTC programs span hundreds of colleges, with combined presence at over 1,400 institutions between 2011 and 2021 and at least one host in every state. The Department of Defense invests billions in university research annually.
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