Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the Defense Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University, the latest broadside by the Trump administration in its pressure campaign to force the university to cut a deal with the government.

In a statement and video published on Friday evening, Mr. Hegseth attacked the university as a politically liberal institution and said that, beginning in the new school year in September, the Defense Department will "discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs at the school." He added that military personnel who are attending classes will be able to finish those courses of study.

It is unclear which programs would be affected. The order appeared to target Harvard’s Kennedy School, which runs several graduate programs for military officers, including the Belfer Center’s national security fellowship for mid-level U.S. military officers; there were 12 officers enrolled in that fellowship this year.

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