WASHINGTON
The Pentagon announced Friday it is cutting all military training, fellowships, and certificate programs with Harvard University, marking the latest escalation in a protracted standoff between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that Harvard “no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services.” He argued that the university’s ideological environment was undermining military readiness.
“For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class,” Hegseth said.
“Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard — heads full of globalist and radical ideologies that do not improve our fighting ranks.”
In a separate post on X, Hegseth added: “Harvard is woke; The War Department is not.”
The new policy, effective with the 2026-27 academic year, will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships, and certificate programs at Harvard. Personnel currently enrolled will be allowed to complete their courses.
By James Kisoo
