The War Department breaks ties with Harvard due to the “woke” ideology of the Hegseth era
Minister of War Pete Hegseth He criticized the university in a video announcement posted on X, saying the department would sever ties with Harvard for active-duty service members starting in the 2026-27 academic year — a move he said was “long overdue.”
“Harvard woke up; Hegseth stated that the War Office was not.
While Hegseth, who holds a master’s degree from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, said the U.S. military has a “rich tradition” with the Ivy League college, he said Harvard has become one of the “hot centers of America’s hate activity.”
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a briefing with members of the House and Senate on Venezuela, in Washington, Wednesday, January 7, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“A lot of faculty openly hate our military,” he said. “They cast a negative light on our armed forces and crush anyone who challenges their left-wing political leanings, all while charging exorbitant fees. It’s just not worth it.” “They have replaced open inquiry and honest debate with strict orthodoxy.”
The announcement comes amid the ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school.
president Donald Trump He said Monday that he is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, which the Trump administration has made a primary target in its efforts to leverage federal funding to stamp out anti-Semitism and “woke” ideology.
Trump administration lawyers have appealed a judge’s order that $2.7 billion in frozen federal research funding be returned to Harvard University. The university filed a lawsuit against the administration in April over the funding freeze, arguing in court that the move amounted to an unconstitutional “pressure campaign” aimed at influencing and controlling elite academic institutions.
Hegseth also criticized Harvard’s campus environment, alleging that research programs partnered with the Chinese Communist Party and that the university’s leadership encouraged an enthusiastically celebratory atmosphere. Allows attacks on Jewsand prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
“Why should the War Department support an environment that is destructive to our nation and the principles that the vast majority of Americans hold dear?” Hegseth said. “The answer to that question is we shouldn’t, and we won’t.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that military education programs with Harvard University will end in the 2026-27 academic year. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
“For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping that the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class,” he continued. “Instead, too many of our officers have come back looking a lot like Harvard — heads full of globalist and extremist ideologies that do nothing to improve our fighting ranks.”
In addition to Harvard, Hegseth took aim at many Ivy League members, saying the schools had “pervasive institutional bias” and a lack of diversity of viewpoints, including the “indulgence of toxic ideologies,” which he said undermined the military’s mission.
He said that in the coming weeks, all departments are in Pentagon You will evaluate existing graduate programs for active duty service members at Ivy League schools and other civilian universities.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described Harvard as one of the “hot centers of American hate activity.” (Associated Press)
“The goal is to determine whether they actually provide cost-effective strategic education to future senior leaders, when compared to, for example, public universities and our military graduate programs,” he said. “At the War Department, we will strive to maximize the taxpayer value of building lethal weapons to achieve deterrence. It’s that simple. It no longer involves spending millions of dollars on expensive universities that undermine our mission and undermine our country.”
Hegseth concluded his letter by saying, “We train warriors, not warriors. Harvard, good riddance.”
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Harvard University did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood contributed to this report.
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