{"id":114756,"date":"2026-02-15T16:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114756\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:53:24","slug":"university-of-pennsylvania-soon-may-be-off-limits-to-army-officers-seeking-tuition-aid-for-graduate-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114756\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Pennsylvania soon may be off-limits to Army officers seeking tuition aid for graduate programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Pennsylvania<\/a> soon may be off-limits to Army officers and other military service members who are seeking tuition aid to further their educations. <\/p>\n

The Ivy League university in West Philadelphia<\/a> is among 34 schools the Army says are at risk of being banned from military funding for service members to pay for their graduate programs and other education, according to a CNN report<\/a>. The messaging has caused confusion among military officers seeking advanced degrees in law, medicine, and nuclear engineering, the report states.<\/p>\n

The G.I. Bill and similar programs to pay for college have long been a major draw for people who join the military. But last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the DOD \u201cwill discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs\u201d at Harvard.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo many faculty members openly loathe our military,\u201d said Hegseth, who obtained a master\u2019s degree in public policy from Harvard in 2013. \u201cThey cast our armed forces in a negative light and squelch anyone who challenges their leftist political leanings, all while charging enormous tuition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer who served in Iraq<\/a> and Afghanistan, said the department, which he calls the Department of War, is evaluating its relationships with other schools as well. <\/p>\n

\u201c[We] will evaluate all existing graduate programs for active-duty service members at all Ivy League universities and other civilian universities,\u201d he said. \u201cThe goal is to determine whether or not they actually deliver cost-effective strategic education for future senior leaders when compared to, say, public universities and our military graduate programs.\u201d <\/p>\n

CNN obtained a \u201cpreliminary list of at-risk schools compiled by the Army,\u201d which includes the University of Pennsylvania, as well as nearby Princeton University and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Officials at the three schools did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday.<\/p>\n

Numerous schools on the list are the alma maters of Trump administration officials. In addition to attending Harvard, Hegseth obtained a bachelor\u2019s degree in politics from Princeton. President Donald Trump<\/a> holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Vice President J.D. Vance holds a law degree from Yale University. <\/p>\n

Here is the full list of \u201cat risk\u201d schools:<\/p>\n

American University <\/p>\n

Boston College <\/p>\n

Boston University <\/p>\n

Brown University <\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon <\/p>\n

Case Western University <\/p>\n

Columbia University <\/p>\n

College of William and Mary <\/p>\n

Cornell University <\/p>\n

Duke <\/p>\n

Emory <\/p>\n

Florida Institute of Technology <\/p>\n

Fordham <\/p>\n

Georgetown <\/p>\n

George Washington University <\/p>\n

Harvard <\/p>\n

Hawaii Pacific University <\/p>\n

Johns Hopkins University <\/p>\n

London School of Economics and Political Science <\/p>\n

MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]<\/p>\n

Northeastern University <\/p>\n

Northwestern University <\/p>\n

New York University <\/p>\n

Pepperdine <\/p>\n

Princeton <\/p>\n

Stanford<\/p>\n

Tufts <\/p>\n

University of Miami <\/p>\n

University of Pennsylvania <\/p>\n

University of Southern California <\/p>\n

Vanderbilt <\/p>\n

Wake Forest <\/p>\n

Washington University in St Louis <\/p>\n

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