ROTC and Columbia University's discrimination policy

15 December 2008 Eric's Learning Curve blog post "ROTC and Columbia University's discrimination policy" by Eric Chen.  Note:  One of the leaders of the 2002-2005 ROTC advocacy movement at Columbia University questions the conventional wisdom that the "Don't ask, don't tell" law regulating the military conflicts with Columbia's antidiscrimination policy.  Columbia's  policy states that "Columbia University is committed to providing a learning environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment...Columbia University does not discriminate against any person in the administration of its educational policies... and other University-administered programs".  Since DADT is not unlawful; indeed it is the law, and since it is not one of Columbia's "educational policies", it is not clear that there is an actual conflict here.