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Military academies won't give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says

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The Defense Department has decided to stop appointing civilians as tenured faculty at U.S. military academies

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department will no longer appoint civilians as tenured college faculty at the United States' military service academies, according to a memo signed Tuesday by Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The memo describes the decision to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty as part of an effort to refocus the military academies on warfighting.

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