Because Brown banished ROTC from campus during the Vietnam War, the cadets must study and train at Providence College (see “The Cadet,” May/June 2002). “The tide has turned,” says PC’s Captain Ryan Remley, who attributes the increased interest among Brown students to a surge in patriotism associated with the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the current military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Slow U.S. job growth and a sluggish economy have also increased financial pressures on college students, many of whom need financial aid and are eager to lock up jobs before they graduate.