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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Annie Ma and Konstantin Toropin

Military academies won't give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says

Pentagon POW/MIA - (Copyright 2026 Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Defense Department will no longer appoint civilians as tenured college faculty at the United States' military service academies, according to a memo signed Tuesday by Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The memo describes the decision to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty as part of an effort to refocus the military academies on warfighting.

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