HUNTER COLLEGE— More than a decade after CUNY professors led a successful campaign to keep military training off two CUNY campuses, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps has quietly rebuilt a foothold at City College, where 102 cadets are now enrolled.
ROTC operates at only two of CUNY’s 25 campuses — City College and York College, but is open to all CUNY students. On a recent afternoon, a handful of cadets gathered in the basement of the Marshak Building, having just returned from a 12-mile training run through Van Cortlandt Park. Their instructor said he could not discuss the program until clearing comment with his supervisor. When I followed up Tuesday, an officer said his commander had not granted permission for him to speak on the record.
