Pentagon Ends Harvard Academic Partnerships in 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the Pentagon will end its academic partnerships with Harvard University, discontinuing all professional military education, fellowships, and certificate programs at the institution starting with the 2026-27 academic year. The decision affects graduate-level opportunities for U.S. military officers and comes amid an ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school over federal demands for campus reforms.

In a statement and accompanying video released Friday evening, Hegseth said Harvard no longer aligns with the needs of the Defense Department and military services. "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 stated. "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." He added in a social media post that the university's approach conflicts with the department's priorities.

The order primarily targets programs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Hegseth's...