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Columbia University on Friday announced that it has signed an agreement to reinstate on campus a unit of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. The move follows extensive campus debate and is consistent with the statements of university leaders who in years past have said that they would act once the military stopped discriminating against gay people. Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia's president, said in a statement: "Repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law provided a historic opportunity for our nation to live up to its ideals of equality and also for universities to reconsider their relationships with the military."
Some other universities that have barred ROTC are expected to follow. Stanford University on Friday announced that a committee studying the issue there has recommended the return of ROTC. The Faculty Senate is expected to vote on the issue on Thursday.
