Pentagon to cut ties with Harvard over 'wokesters', ending training, programs and fellowships
Source: The Guardian
Fri 6 Feb 2026 21.35 EST
First published on Fri 6 Feb 2026 20.11 EST
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University, marking the Trump administration’s latest escalation against the Ivy League school.
“The @DeptWar is formally ending ALL Professional Military Education, fellowships, and certificate programs with Harvard University,” Hegseth said in a statement posted on X, labeling Harvard as “woke”. Hegseth, a former Fox weekend host, attacked the university as “one of the red-hot centers of Hate America activism”.
The move to cancel military programs with Harvard follows months of threats, demands and lawsuits involving the Trump administration against Harvard. Trump has targeted federal funding at numerous universities in a broad push to force educational institutions to align themselves with the administration’s worldviews, while alleging that US universities promote antisemitism and leftist ideology.
Harvard has been a focal point in the administration’s fight with higher education, and earlier this week Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he would be seeking $1bn in damages from the university over allegations that it enabled antisemitism. Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, has pushed back against those claims in the past year, rejecting those allegations as false and calling the administration’s pressure campaign an attack on academic freedom.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/harvard-military-pete-hegseth
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