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Hegseth bans civilian tenured hires at military academies

Original: Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred US military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors, according to the Washington Post. The move affects institutions such as West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy, and is likely to reignite debate over the balance between military and civilian influence in officer education and academic freedom at service schools.

Why now: It is a significant policy change by the Defense Secretary affecting how US military academies staff their faculties.

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