Hegseth pulls troop attendance at more top-ranked schools over social justice issues

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the War Department is pulling its ties with more elite universities in the upcoming school year after it ended its relationship with Harvard for being “woke” earlier this month.Hegseth claimed the schools are teaching the “enemy’s wicked ideologies” to service members and that it will not send American troops to some of the nation’s top-ranked schools starting in the fall. 
The U.S. military sends troops to schools for additional military education, fellowships and certificate programs. The latest decision impacts military students at elite universities such as Brown University, Columbia, MIT, Princeton and Yale among others.
“We demand that senior service colleges work to sharpen our war fighters on genuine national security issues, not social justice activism,” Hegseth said in a 4-minute video on X. “We demand curriculums grounded in the founding principles of this republic, principles that champion the enduring ideals of peace through strength and putting American interests first.
“We demand universities that invest back into our nation’s prosperity rather than our greatest adversaries,” he continued. “It’s common sense.” 
The secretary also said he will direct a formal “top to bottom” review of American war colleges to ensure they are “bastions of strategic thought, wholly dedicated to the singular mission of developing the most lethal and effective leaders and war fighters the world has ever known.” 
“As a final message to our warriors, the Ivy League faculty lounges may loathe you, the so-called elite of academia may mock your patriotism and disdain your sacrifice, but never forget that we the War Department have your back,” he added.

Read Full Article: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/hegseth-pulls-troop-attendance-more-top-ranked-schools-over-social?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators