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The Department of Defense has selected UNC-Chapel Hill as one of two universities to host a fellowship program for senior military officers.<\/p>\n

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UNC\u2019s selection replaces a long list of institutions once home to the fellowship, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called<\/a> \u201cwoke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The department eliminated the fellowship program at 22 institutions<\/a>, including such elite universities as Columbia University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as Hegseth\u2019s alma maters: Harvard University and Princeton University. Hegseth accused Ivy League universities of \u201cpervasive bias that undercuts our mission and coddles adversaries.\u201d The shift away from these institutions is aimed at \u201crebuilding the warrior ethos<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man responsible for carrying out this significant shift in military education in the Trump administration is the undersecretary for personnel and readiness, Anthony Tata \u2014 former Wake County public schools superintendent and secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

The fellowship, which will now be hosted by both Carolina and Virginia Tech, prepares military leaders to deal with complex national security issues \u2014 including artificial intelligence, public policy and international affairs \u2014 and attempts to hone their leadership and decision-making skills.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are proud to partner with Chancellor Roberts and UNC-Chapel Hill \u2014 a university with a rich tradition of service and support for our men and women in uniform \u2014 to develop a rigorous new Senior Service College Fellowship Program, equipping our officers to meet our critical national security mission,\u201d Tata said in a statement shared by UNC.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Lee Roberts said in a video announcement<\/a> that the department\u2019s selection of UNC is a \u201cmeaningful honor.\u201d The university will work with the department to develop a program that helps military officers progress through their careers, Roberts said.<\/p>\n

The military fellows \u201cwill have access to one of the world\u2019s great research universities,\u201d Provost Magnus Egerstedt said in the same video announcement. \u201cWe are ready to receive the fellows, and we are ready to give them an education worthy of their service.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to an army webpage about the program<\/a>, the next fellowship class begins in late July 2027.<\/p>\n

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