Carolina, Virginia Tech Chosen for Fellowship Program by War Department
The 10-month fellowship will replace traditional war colleges and is part of a broader overhaul to prepare senior officers for future conflicts.
- The Defense Department selected UNC-Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech to host the Senior Service College Fellowship, a 10-month professional military education program for senior officers, the first universities approved after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth severed partnerships with elite institutions.
- Hegseth, a Princeton and Harvard Kennedy School graduate, previously barred officers from attending universities including Harvard, Brown, Princeton, and Yale, arguing these institutions had become "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination."
- Virginia Tech, which has required military training since 1872, now serves roughly 1,200 military-affiliated students, more than 1,300 military dependents, and 150 ROTC cadets, while UNC-Chapel Hill traces military ties to Revolutionary War commander William Richardson Davie.
- UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts stated the program fits the university's mission of service, while Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., commended the DoD for developing closer ties with Virginia Tech, noting its long tradition of service.
- Undersecretary of War Anthony Tata stated the fellowship overhaul intends to better prepare officers for future conflicts, and the Department noted additional university partners will be announced at a later date.
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Carolina, Virginia Tech chosen for fellowship program by War Department
(The Center Square) – Carolina and Virginia Tech have succeeded Ivy League institutions War Department Secretary Pete Hegseth says are “woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” in being chosen for a fellowship program for senior military officers.
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