"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. We cannot and will not continue to send our most capable officers, senior officers, into graduate programs that undermine the very values they have sworn to uphold."
"The department would no longer treat them as valid centers of so-called intellectual curiosity. The institutions are woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination that the Pentagon will no longer support through professional military education fellowships and partnerships."
The Department of Defense severed ties with 13 higher education institutions and nine other organizations for professional military education, affecting 93 fellowships. Targeted institutions include Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, and organizations like the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated these institutions have become "factories of anti-American resentment" and "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination." The department will eliminate senior service college fellows programs at these institutions for the 2026-27 academic year. The Pentagon identified 21 replacement partner institutions, including Liberty University, Hillsdale College, George Mason University, and the University of Michigan, selected based on criteria including intellectual freedom.
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