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Pentagon’s Break with Ivy League Leaves Colleges Bracing for Further Changes to Military Programs
The Pentagon's plan shifts military fellowships from elite universities to 21 institutions like Auburn, emphasizing intellectual freedom and national-security graduate programs.
- Last week, the Pentagon named Auburn University, Alabama, among 21 potential hosts for the Senior Service College fellowships and noted its $11.4 million 2025 Missile Defense Agency contract.
- On Feb. 27, Hegseth issued a memo titled 'Aligning Senior Service College Opportunities with American Values' instructing the department to stop funding programs he said promote views hostile to the military.
- The policy shift will affect 2,465 active-duty service members enrolled across 22 universities, with funding ending in the 2026-2027 academic year, and fellowships allow mid-career officers to study at civilian universities.
- Critics say the realignment risks losing Ivy League expertise and marks an unprecedented intervention that could imperil Tuition Assistance and ROTC programs serving roughly 200,000 service members.
- The replacement list favors public and conservative institutions such as Liberty and Hillsdale, with U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville praising Auburn University as a strong partner on X.
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Pentagon’s break with Ivy League leaves colleges bracing for further changes to military programs
By COLLIN BINKLEY and NICKY FORSTER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s campaign to end “wokeness” in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education, breaking off longstanding ties with prestigious universities that have trained generals and admirals while building new bonds with Christian schools and public universities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forged ahead last week with his realignment, expelling more th…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s campaign to end “wokeness” in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education, breaking off longstanding ties with prestigious universities that have trained generals and admirals while building new bonds with Christian schools and public universities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forged ahead last week with his realignment, expelling more than a dozen elite colleges from a mil…
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Pentagon's break with Ivy League leaves colleges bracing for further changes to military programs
The Trump administration’s campaign to end “wokeness” in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education. The Pentagon has been breaking off longstanding ties with prestigious universities that have trained generals and admirals while building new bonds with…
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