The Navy V-12 Program : leadership for a lifetime / James G. Schneider.

Author
Schneider, James G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
Description
xii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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      Notes
      Includes index.
      Bibliographic references
      Bibliography: p. 571-578.
      Contents
      • The need
      • The program takes form
      • Selection of schools
      • A uniform Army/Navy contract
      • Contracting with the colleges
      • College training section
      • The CTS in action
      • Curriculum
      • Officers for the units
      • Selection of trainees
      • The nationwide examination
      • Interview and physical
      • The colleges prepare
      • The Columbia conference
      • V-12 bulletins
      • Quotas and orders
      • Reporting for duty
      • The "old salts"
      • The "fly boys"
      • Marine V-12s
      • Coast Guard V-12s
      • Negro V-12s
      • Pathways beyond V-12
      • Physical training
      • Academic load
      • Attrition
      • Discipline
      • Navy-college relations
      • The commanding officers
      • The district training officers
      • The trainee and the college
      • Campus life
      • Intercollegiate athletics
      • Humor, high jinks, and "they shouldn't have"
      • Liberty and leave
      • V-12 and the public
      • Changes in the program
      • V-12 and postwar officer training
      • Winding down
      • The Korean War
      • V-12 officers after World War II
      • Did the Navy achieve its goals?
      • Benefits to V-12 colleges
      • Impact on higher education
      • Trainee benefits
      • V-12s later
      • The melody lingers on
      • Appendix : A glimpse into the 131 V-12 schools.
      Other title(s)
      V-12 Program
      ISBN
      • 0395419328 ((hardcover))
      • 9780395419328 ((hardcover))
      LCCN
      87003684
      OCLC
      15485552
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