Servicemembers thrown into chaos as Hegseth blacklists colleges they can attend

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By Matthew Chapman
Published February 13, 2026 9:03 PM ET

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has created a nightmare for some servicemembers with a new policy that seeks to blacklist several colleges and universities from military tuition assistance, CNN reported on Friday.

Under the new policy, outlined in a memo last week, "Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance," as a part of Hegseth's "campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military and sponsoring 'troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.'"

The memo commands the military to “evaluate all existing graduate programs for active-duty members at Ivy League universities and any other universities that similarly diminish critical thinking and have significant adversary involvement, and determine whether they deliver cost-effective, strategic education for future senior leaders when compared to public universities and military masters programs.”

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This is from an a**hole that got a degree from the Harvard while he was in the military............he really can pound sand ...............and just for the record on this a**hole................from the below reading he has no degree since he gave it back............Princeton is what's called a elite DEI school there a**hole................why not give them back that diploma..........

Hey Hegseth just for the record I got my degree from Thomas Edison State College......a very DEI institution ........ BS in Applied Technology.........and even achieved the Arnold Fletcher Award........and also achieved the Gold Cord..........


AI Overview:
As of 2026, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P. '13) from the Harvard Kennedy School. While he has targeted elite university funding, he previously earned this degree while in the military and later returned his diploma in 2022 to protest the university.

Degree: Master of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013.

Military Connection: Hegseth used this degree for his career but later symbolically "returned" it in 2022.

Policy Change: As of February 2026, Hegseth ordered the Department of Defense to cease funding graduate-level education, fellowships, and certificate programs for active-duty members at Harvard and is evaluating other Ivy League schools.

Hegseth has argued that elite universities like Harvard promote "globalist and radical ideologies" and do not provide value for the military.

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AI Overview
Pete Hegseth holds two degrees from Ivy League institutions: a Bachelor of Arts in politics from Princeton University (2003) and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2013). He also received an honorary diploma from the Pennsylvania Gunsmith School.

Bachelor of Arts in Politics: Earned from Princeton University in 2003, where he was involved in the Army ROTC.

Master of Public Policy: Obtained from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 2013.

Honorary Diploma: Awarded by the Pennsylvania Gunsmith School.

Despite having the Master's degree from Harvard, Hegseth has publicly stated he returned his diploma to the university to protest its ideology