Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps NROTC Update to SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES

1. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps NROTC Updateto SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES CDR Mark Gough September 2011

2. Current Issues • Selection • Production • Tech Major Production / Academic Major Policy • New Partnerships

3. What do we look at? - Academics - Athletics - Leadership - Officer Potential - Personal Statements - Teacher Evaluations - Evaluation of the Whole Person What are we looking for? - Sense of Service - Scholarship - Character - Leadership - Physical Fitness and Well Being NROTC Selection Criteria Just like you, we are looking for quality people….

4. NROTC Navy Select Profile FY10 FY11 SAT Verbal 642 640 SAT Math 658 656 SAT Composite 1300 1296 HS Top 10% 66% 64% HS Top 20% 83% 83% Average GPA 3.88 3.91 Military Dependent 28% 32% JROTC Participation 28% 32% Tech Major % 90% 93%

5. NROTC Navy 4-year National Scholarship Offers • Select rates decreased dramatically in FY10 due to increased applications and decreased offers. • Total Scholarship offers declined due to decreased production requirements and the desire to maintain sideload scholarship availability for top performing College Program students. There was a smaller decrease again in FY11. • Expect scholarship offers to remain at current levels in the outyears.

6. NROTC Navy Select Rates by Race

7. Senior Military Colleges & Maritime Academies Fall 2011 Enrollments As of 16 Sep

8. NROTC Production FY11 Data as of 16 Sep

9. Senior Military Colleges & Maritime AcademiesNROTC Commissions FY11 Data as of 16 Sep

10. Marine Production Issues • Out year production steady • FY11 & 12 Production Goals at an all time high of 380 • This is a major increase over past years, but is expected to decreased again to 320 in FY13 and remain steady at 320 • FY11 production relied heavily on sideloads • Class originally loaded for 225 production • FY12 is the first class initially loaded for the higher 380 production goal. • Production decreases in FY13-15 will mean fewer sideload opportunities as these classes were loaded for the higher 380 production goal also.

11. Navy Production Issues • Out year production steady • FY11 Production Goal 822 • Outyear production 700-750 most years. Production for FY 12 & 13 higher (780, 850), as these classes were initially loaded for a higher production. • Diversity • Technical Majors and Nuclear Power • Production to Needs of the Navy

12. Tech Major Production FY11 Data as of 16 Sep

13. Academic Major Policy Status • New policy to link majors to scholarship status for Navy option midshipmen began fall 2009 (already required for Nurses) • Limits changes between “Tiers” of Majors • Tier 1 – Selected Engineering • Tier 2 – Other Engineering and Math/Science • Tier 3 – Non-Technical • Changing Tiers of Majors requires prior approval to maintain scholarship benefits. • Changes not approved will result in transfer to College Program GOALSand RESULTS: • 85% of Scholarship offers to Tier 1 & 2 Majors (This year’s offers were 93%) • 85% Freshman Enrollment Target (This year’s Freshman stil enrolling) • 80% Beginning of Sophomore Year (This year’s Soph. are 86%) • 75% Beginning of Junior Year (This year’s Juniors are 79%) • 70% Beginning of Senior Year (This year’s Seniors are 61% - They are the last class NOT tied to Tier of Major) • Goal is to commission 65% Technical Majors

14. New Partnerships • 2011-2012 Academic Year: • Expanded Cross-enrollment agreement with Harvard University • Harvard cross-town has been in place since 1984 • Expanded agreement Gives an NROTC presence on the Harvard campus • Courses are still taught at MIT • New Cross-enrollment agreement with Columbia University and SUNY Maritime • 2012-2013 Academic Year: • New NROTC Unit at Yale University • Will be a consortium with existing unit at Holy Cross • Brings NROTC back to the Yale Campus • Under discussions with other schools

15. NROTC is … Producing high quality officers for the Navy and Marine Corps