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Two Strategic Planning Tools Can Help the Army Meet its Reserve Officers' Training Corps Strategic Objectives

• Using the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program Evaluation Tool, planners can simulate scenarios in order to evaluate existing ROTC programs on six strategic objectives: production, academic quality, demographic diversity, efficiency, cost, and quality of commissioned officers. Planners can prioritize objectives and apply filters as well.
• The ROTC Selection Evaluation Tool also gives planners the ability to specify a variety of possible objectives and constraints in order to select new schools for participation in ROTC or to expand existing sites with cadets. The possible objectives to be optimized are related to potential production, demographic diversity, academic quality, and efficiency. Planners can apply filters as well.
• The new tools give planners the ability to assess the implications of alternative strategies for commission mission allocation across sites, increases or decreases in unit size, and expansion sites in order to meet the Army's near-term officer production goals and longer-term strategic objectives for its ROTC program.
• The tools give planners the ability to develop mitigation strategies that improve efficiency yet minimize adverse impact on strategic goals.

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program currently accounts for about two-thirds of Regular Army officer production. As student populations shift and resources tighten, both the productivity and location of ROTC units must be monitored to ensure that the Army attracts and commissions highly-qualified officers.

This report presents research on the development and application of two new strategic planning tools. Using the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program Evaluation Tool (ROTC-PET), planners can evaluate existing ROTC programs by simulating scenarios that include up to six strategic objectives and their relative priorities, as well as the degree to which current programs can expand the number of commissions. To help guide selection of new hosts or new participants in existing programs, the ROTC Selection Evaluation Tool (ROTC-SET) allows planners to evaluate the production potential of schools not currently hosting or those not participating in ROTC programs. The ROTC-SET also gives users the ability to specify a variety of possible objectives and constraints. The authors recommend that the Army use these new strategic planning tools to help meet near-term officer production goals and longer-term strategic objectives for its ROTC program.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program Evaluation Tool (ROTC-PET)

• Chapter Three

  The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Selection Evaluation Tool (ROTC-SET)

• Chapter Four

  Conclusions and Recommendations

• Appendix A

  Methodology of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program Evaluation Tool

• Appendix B

  Data Used to Construct the Measures in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program Evaluation Tool

• Appendix C

  Data Used to Construct the Measures in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Selection Evaluation Tool

• Appendix D

  Methodology to Construct the Measures in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Selection Evaluation Tool

• Appendix E

  Regression Results for Modeling Variables Used in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Selection Evaluation Tool