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GATHERING AND USING NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Robert B. Hawkins, Commander, U.S. Navy
Naval Education and Training
Program Management Support Activity
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL
Introduction
The responsibility for identifying potential Naval Reserve
Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Scholarship applicants,
processing applications, identifying scholarship winners, and
then placing those selected at one of the 66 host or the more
than 100 associated crosstown affiliated NROTC universities is
divided between two separate Navy commands: the Commander,
Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC) and the Chief of Naval Education
and Training (CNET).
Until the 1986/87 NROTC scholarship year, CNRC identified
applicants, processed applications, and selected NROTC
Scholarship winners. Scholarship winners were identified
during two week-long selection board sessions, an early
selection board held in November, and a second board in
February. CNET then took the administrative action required to
determine final program eligibility (physical qualification)
and provided the authorization for a selectee to attend an
NROTC university under scholarship.
Responsibility for selecting NROTC Scholarship recipients was
transferred from CNRC to CNET after the November 1986 early
selection board. CNET then instituted weekly selection boards
to replace the standard two-selection-board process. Selection
board membership remained essentially the same, with selection
board members drawn from NROTC units (commanding officers) and
the NROTC staff, However, unlike the two-selection-board
system where the same board members evaluated all applicants
during a single session, a weekly selection board process
required the use of different selection board members for each
selection board. Thus, concerns about scoring consistency and
the equity of evaluation had to be addressed.
Application Solicitation
CNRC begins the applicant identification process in March each
year. The primary target market is the high school junior
(rising senior) class. Potential applicants are identified
through a variety of means, but primarily by screening the
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) high scorers lists.
Additionally, numerous high school and college fair presentations
are made to generate interest among the college bound
high school student population.
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