Pete Hegseth Chooses New Schools to Affiliate With War Department

Pete Hegseth Chooses New Schools to Affiliate With War Department

Several months ago, Hegseth cut ties with the Ivies. Now he is picking replacements.

The Hill reports:

Hegseth turns to University of North Carolina, Virginia Tech after cutting Ivy League ties

The Defense Department has selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech to host a revamped fellowship program for senior military officers — the first universities approved after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth severed partnerships with top universities.

The two universities will participate in the new Senior Service College Fellowship, a 10-month professional military education program that will serve as an alternative to traditional war colleges. Additional university partners will be announced at a later date, according to the department.

“We are deeply honored to participate in the Senior Service College Fellowship program. The program fits well within the context of our mission of service, and we take tremendous pride in our deep, longstanding relationship with the United States military,” Lee H. Roberts, UNC’s chancellor, said in a statement.

The announcement follows an earlier move from Hegseth to bar military officers from attending graduate programs at several elite universities including Harvard University, Brown University, Princeton University and Yale University.

Hegseth, who graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Kennedy School, argued that the universities had become “woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.”

“We demand that senior service colleges work to sharpen our war fighters on genuine national security issues, not social justice activism,” the Pentagon chief said.

Anthony Tata, the undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, said the fellowship overhaul is intended to better prepare senior officers for future conflicts.

“The Department of War is revitalizing professional military education to ensure that our warfighters are prepared to achieve peace through strength,” Tata said in a statement.

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