Hegseth Ends Military Tuition Aid at Ivy League Schools in Sweeping Higher Education Rebuke

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the 'complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance' at Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale, and 'many others' — cutting tuition assistance and other military subsidies for servicemembers attending the nation's most elite universities. The sweeping action escalates the Trump administration's confrontation with higher education over antisemitism, campus protests, and what Hegseth has called the 'ideological capture' of America's top institutions. The decision could redirect thousands of military students toward other universities and signals that the administration views Ivy League schools as incompatible with the values it wants to instill in the armed forces.