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445 ABC’s Wide World of Sports, 193 Abizaid, John P., 320 Abrams, Creighton, 252 absence card, 418n65 Academic Board: academics academic majors, 148 concerns over specialization, 145, 150–151 issues with over scheduling, 146 remediation policy, 159 admissions, athletic recruitment, 105–106 attrition and entrance exams, struggles with, 81–82 cheating scandal, 58 creation of, 12 curriculum reform, 19–22 deans, 323 position created, 50 Hagenbeck reconstitutes policy board, 71 leader development, response to, 247–248 military training, 225, 226 PAE added to admissions system, 87 psychology courses, rejection of, 248 responsibilities, 12–14 WPSG report recommends limiting power, 59–60 Academic Computing Center, 143 academics: accreditation, 126 centers of excellence, 156–157 continuing issues, 301–303, 305 curriculum reforms, 139–146 early graduate schooling, 143–144 elective program, 139, 141 majors, 146–155 overview, 111–112, 161 from prescribed to differentiated curriculum, 133–139 quantitative disciplines, shifts from, 157 trends, 155–160 vs. military training, 123–125 to WWI, 112–120 to WWII, 120–133 See also curriculum Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 150–151 Adams, Emory S., Jr., 327 Adams, John C., 362n7 Adams, John Q., 4 admissions: appointments categorization of sources, 77–78 political issues, 14–15 corps size, 74–78 current issues, 307–310 demographic changes, 93–100 director, establishment of, 90 overview, 73–74 recruitment and, 100–109 reform candidate testing, 85 congressional appointments, 85–86 criteria for assessing cadet candidates, 86–88 organizational structure, 89–91 preparatory school creation, 88–89 under Thayer, 14–15 women admitted, xv WWII attrition in years preceding, 78–83 challenges and reforms after, 83–93 affirmative-action programs, 98, 102, 150 Afghanistan, 157 African Americans, 10th US Calvary, 32–33 Air Force Academy: impact on Academy attrition, 84 interservice cooperation, 229 Alaska, 78 Alden, Bradford Ripley, 319 Alexander, Roger Gordon, 130, 323 “all right” reporting protocol, 418n65 Al Qaeda, 313 alternate service option, 68–70 Ambrose, Stephen, 330n11 Index 446 INDEX American Civil Liberties Union, 283 American College Testing Program, in lieu of SAT, 96 American Philosophical Society, 6 The American Weekly, 91 Amerine, Jason, 313–316 Amherst College, 89 amphibious training, 226 Anderson, James L., 198, 202–203, 325 Anderson, Kevin B., 328 Anderson, Michael, 283 Andrews, Lincoln C., 246 Annapolis, 25 Annual Report of the Superintendent, 429 Appleton, Lloyd O., 183 Aptitude for the Military Service Program, 249, 250–251, 254 architectural style, xv Army Athletic Association (AOAA): formation of, 26, 168–169 funding issues, 193–194, 200 new athletic facilities, 178 recommendations to improve business operations, 196 renamed, 169 Army Mentorship Program, 296 Army-Navy football game: concessions made in honor of, 169 disparity, 383n60 disputes over player eligibility, 170 history of, 25–26, 93 Army and Navy Journal, 36, 37 Army Officers Athletic Association (AOAA). See Army Athletic Association (AOAA) army orientation training (AOT), 230, 233 Army Reorganization Act of 1920, 325n50 Army Research Office, 144 Army War College, 144 assessment: implementation of comprehensive, 9, 15 semiannual exams, added to curriculum, 7 See also specific tests Association of American Universities, 126 Association of the United States Army, 90 Athens-Sparta debate, 123–125, 221–222, 235–237 Athletic Council, advises the AOAA, 171 athletics: academic underloading, 159–160 admissions and, 100–109 current issues, 310–313 directors of intercollegiate, 327–328 drop-out rates, 104 graduate managers, 327 impact of short-sighted policies, 67–68 media coverage and admissions, 91 preferential treatment, 102–103 recruiting efforts, 67, 68, 101–105, 189 remediation for poor academic performance, 149–150 varsity sports vs. intramural, 163 years of eligibility, 176 See also football program; physical education program attrition: admission policies and, 78–83, 84, 158 decline in, 160 rates drop with leader development reform, 254 tolerance for, 28 See leader development, attritional assumptions Auburn University, 198 Augur, Christopher Columbus, 319 Bagnal, Charles, 62 Baker, Newton D., 41, 266 Barbour, James, 14 Bard, John Chapman, 320 Barnard, Jon Gross, 317 Barry, Thomas H., 317 academics and pedagogical reform, 117 governance, 40–41 Bartlett, Boyd W., cheating scandal, 275, 276–277 Bartlett, William H.C., 16 Bartlett board, 276–277, 279 Battle of Las Guasimas, 33 Beast Barracks, 22–23 vs. encampment for upperclassmen, 217 MacArthur’s reforms and, 45 replaced with Army basic training, 224, 227 supervised by Davidson, 53 Beauregard, Pierre Gustave T., 317 Bell, John R., 319 Benedict, Jay, 318 governance, 48–49, 51 military training, 222 Bennett, Donald V., 95, 96, 318 Berry, Sidney Bryan, 318 academics, 134...

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