Posted on 02/28/2026 5:59:53 AM PST by Libloather
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation's top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination."
"Today, just like we did with Harvard, I am ordering the complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance at institutions like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale and many others, starting next academic year, 2026-2027," Hegseth said in a video statement.
"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," Hegseth said.
The Pentagon announced earlier this month that it would be ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard amid the Trump administration's adversarial relationship with the Ivy League school.
Hegseth accused the universities of becoming "factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain."
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Good news.
Restore ROTC programs.
(only a minority of students will choose to participate but that is true about most elective college programs...)
‘Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them “woke breeding grounds”’
I call them universitshitholes.
When I entered the University of Wisconsin in 1969, attendance of an ROTC class for one year was mandatory for male students.
It was a requirement mandated as part of the bargain creating land-grant colleges.
“Top Universities” is a misnomer.
Good!!! About time!
It’s not. It’s become ironic like “top men.”
They are not top universities. Years back people made fun of “State colleges”, but the fact is a good education no longer is the domain of private universities. Sadly, though, the education system now makes fun of for-profit universities when they have the best education.
No, he is not.
From the article: "They've traded true intellectual rigor for radical dogma, sacrificing free expression for the suffocating confines of leftist ideology. What is the purpose, you may ask, of investing in an education that teaches our warriors to despise the very nation they swore to defend?"
With the Iran situation ongoing, this should be an interesting next couple of news days in the offing. Real warriors versus "social justice warriors," as the Lefties think of themselves.
“America First” Secy Hegseth accused top universities of becoming
“factories of anti-American resentment........... and military disdain.”
I voted for this.
Andlowered admission standards (and performance standards) for certain races, religions, and sexual orientations.
Nobody wants their doctor to be a special admissions individual.
Hegseth has been a rock star as SecWar!
Good move. It forces the I would need to make a choice. If they choose poorly, then they will end as major educational institutions with national influence.
Democrats do. Which explains why so many of them are incompetent at anything other than politics and messaging to others unable to think for themselves.
Hegseth is a breath of fresh air. It’s so refreshing to have a no nonsense straight shooter heading the Department of War.
The leftist takeover of what were top American Universities has been a tragedy. Marinated in arrogance and feigned superiority so many universities have transitioned into the antithesis of centers of learning. Dethroning and defunding these cesspits can’t come soon enough for me.
Thank God for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Thank God for President Donald Trump
🛐🛐🛐🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️
GREAT!
In fact, he’s quite right.
Yes! Land grant colleges had ROTC —as did many other colleges.
It appears that rotc is being cut back further?
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