Military Academies Won't Give Tenure to Civilian Faculty, Hegseth Says
The memo targets civilian faculty hiring as part of a broader effort to keep the academies focused on warfighting, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed military service academies to immediately terminate new civilian faculty tenure appointments, though existing tenured professors will retain their current designations.
- Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that tenure contributes to "academic stagnation" and "faculty complacency," claiming it allows curricula to drift from educating future warfighters toward research priorities of tenured academics.
- Civilian faculty have been integral to the Military Service Academies for decades, providing expertise in subjects like English; at the United States Naval Academy, roughly half of the 600 faculty members are civilians.
- Advocates and academy leaders, including West Point Superintendent Steven Gilland and Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, have previously defended tenure as crucial for recruiting and retaining qualified civilian educators.
- This directive aligns with earlier Pentagon efforts to sever ties with prestigious universities, forging relationships with Christian schools and introducing courses centered on Western civilization and Christianity to promote patriotic values.
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Military academies won't give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will no longer appoint civilians as tenured college faculty at the United States’ military service academies, according to a memo signed Tuesday by Secretary Pete Hegseth. The memo describes the decision
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Military academies won’t give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will no longer appoint civilians as tenured college faculty at the United States' military service academies, according to a memo signed Tuesday by Secretary
Military academies won’t give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will no longer appoint civilians as tenured college faculty at the United States’ military service academies, according to a memo signed Tuesday by Secretary Pete Hegseth. The memo describes the decision to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty as part of an effort to refocus the military academies on...
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