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Options for Congress .. .... .... .... . ... . .... - 49
A Range of Options ...................................... 49
Do Nothing ............................................ 50
Minor Fixes Only .............................. .......... 50
Fix Athletic Problems ................................. 50
Decrease Academic Pressure and Increase Academic Rigor ..... .51
Checking the Character of Applicants Better ............... .51
Make the Academies Less CIVILIAN ..................... .52
Make the Academies Less MILITARY .................... 53
Increase the Jointness of the Academies ................... .54
Revitalize the Boards of Visitors ........................ 54
Keep the Academies but Cut or Increase Enrollment ............ 55
Cut Enrollment Further ............................... 55
Increase Enrollment .................................. 56
Make the Academies more Exclusively Military Institutions ....... .56
Add Graduate Education to the Academies .................... 57
Get rid of the Academies .................................. 59
Arguments in Favor of Getting Rid of the Academies ........ 59
Arguments Against Getting Rid of the Academies ........... .60
APPENDIX A.
The S.S. Coast Guard Academy and the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy .............. 62
APPENDIX B.
Commissioned Officers Serving,
by Source of Commission, as ofFY1995
[Numbers and (percentage of total)] ............ 64
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