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Hegseth halts tenure for civilian professors at military academies
Original: Hegseth directs military service academies to immediately stop giving tenure to civilian professors
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered US military service academies to immediately stop granting tenure to civilian professors. The directive affects faculty at institutions such as West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy, and is likely to raise questions about academic freedom, recruitment of quality civilian educators and the administration's broader overhaul of defense education.
Why now: The Pentagon chief's sudden intervention in academic staffing at military academies is an unusual and contentious move in the wider debate over ideological influence in defense education.
Pete HegsethUS Department of DefenseUS Military Academy at West PointUS Naval AcademyUS Air Force Academy
Evidence
- Hegseth directs military service academies to immediately stop giving tenure to civilian professors · CBS News
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