Book/Printed Material Geographic and demographic representativeness of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Title

• Geographic and demographic representativeness of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Summary

• "The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program serves more than 550,000 high school students each year, many of whom are at risk for failing academically or dropping out of school. Although these programs are widely distributed--programs operate in 50 states, four U.S. territories, and Department of Defense Education Activity schools--there has been recent congressional interest in whether the schools participating in JROTC programs are representative with respect to geographic area, with a special focus on whether rural areas are adequately represented. In response to these interests and motivations, this study had two primary objectives: Examine the representativeness of JROTC at the school level with respect to geography and demographics and determine how federal laws and policies affect starting and sustaining JROTC units. RAND researchers merged JROTC program data with public high school data from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data to analyze demographic and geographic representativeness at the school level. Service and school representatives were interviewed on such topics as benefits of JROTC for the students, challenges with JROTC-unit administration, and instructor hiring. The authors found that JROTC has strong representation among schools with demographically diverse populations. However, geographically, JROTC is underrepresented in rural areas and in about two-thirds of states. A number of factors present challenges for improving representativeness, and the report offers several policy recommendations for addressing these factors, including the expansion of the National Defense Cadet Corps"--Publisher's description

Names

• Goldman, Charles A., 1964- author
• Schweig, Jonathan David, author
• Buenaventura, Maya, author
• Wright, S. Cameron, author
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, publisher, issuing body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2017]

Headings

• -  United States.--Army.--Junior ROTC--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• -  United States.--Air Force Junior ROTC--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• -  United States.--Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• -  United States.--Marine Corps.--Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• -  Military education--United States--Statistics
• -  Career academies--United States--Statistics
• -  United States.--Air Force Junior ROTC
• -  United States.--Army.--Junior ROTC
• -  United States.--Marine Corps.--Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
• -  United States.--Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
• -  Career academies
• -  Military education
• -  Recruiting and enlistment
• -  United States

Genre

• Statistics

Notes

• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xxi, 86 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U428.6

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739209

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739209

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739209

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