Overview
- The memo ends Senior Service College placements at institutions including Harvard (21 slots), Johns Hopkins SAIS West Space Scholars (11), MIT, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Tufts, and Saint Louis University (8).
- Additional cancellations cover nonprofits and one Canadian university, such as Brookings, CSIS, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council, CNAS, the Stimson Center, New America, and Queen’s University.
- Service members already enrolled may complete current programs, with changes taking effect in the 2026–27 academic year.
- The Pentagon named 21 prospective partners meeting criteria like “intellectual freedom” and “minimal public expressions in opposition,” including Liberty University, Hillsdale College, George Mason University, and the University of Michigan.
- Hegseth offered no evidence for claims of campus “woke” indoctrination and also plans a top-to-bottom review of the department’s own war colleges.