The United States Air Force Academy, United States Naval Academy, and United States Military Academy are America's three largest service academies. They are "the" primary undergraduate institutions and commissioning sources that educate and develop the officers who are expected to lead this nation's armed forces. They are special places that have…

The diversity of a student body may call for new structures to meet their learning needs. The traditional college organization (the course unit of instruction, the academic department, and the lack of easy interdepartmental cooperation) may hinder both the articulation of common educational problems and the solutions to them. (Author/MLW)