Hegseth halts tenure for civilian faculty at military academies

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered military service academies, including West Point and the Naval Academy, to stop appointing civilians to tenured faculty positions, according to a memo he signed Tuesday. Hegseth said tenure can cause “academic stagnation, faculty complacency” and curriculum drift from “warfighter education,” and directed military department secretaries to develop hiring plans prioritizing “institutional flexibility and contributions to the warfighting mission.”