"We must develop strategic thinkers through education grounded in the founding principles and documents of the republic, embracing peace through strength and American ideals, and focused on our national strategies and grounded in realism. We will no longer invest in institutions that fail to sharpen our leaders' warfighting capabilities or that undermine the very values they are sworn to defend."
"For decades, the Ivy League and similar institutions have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars, only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the elimination of Senior Service College fellowship programs at prestigious institutions including Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, and Johns Hopkins for the 2026-2027 academic year and beyond. Hegseth stated the military must develop strategic thinkers grounded in founding principles and American ideals focused on warfighting capabilities. He accused elite institutions of becoming factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain despite their decades of receiving taxpayer funding. The Pentagon chief identified alternative partner schools including Liberty University, George Mason University, Pepperdine, University of Tennessee, University of Michigan, Clemson, and Baylor. This decision follows Hegseth's earlier announcement to cancel military education programs specifically with Harvard.
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