Pentagon bars W&M from college program
It's March 3. William & Mary "puzzled and saddened" by Defense announcement. W-JCC school board gets update today on school redistricting plans, will vote on $201 million budget for next year.
The Pentagon has cancelled its senior service college program at William & Mary, along with 12 other universities it accused of woke policies.
A spokesperson for the Department of Defense announced Friday that the universities on its proscribed list “diminish critical thinking, have significant adversary involvement, or fail to deliver rigorous education grounded in realism.”
The list includes Harvard University, The George Washington University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A statement from William & Mary said the administration was “puzzled and saddened” by the announcement.
Only one student is currently enrolled in the program at the university, a university spokesperson said. The Pentagon announcement said all officers currently involved in the program would be allowed to finish their studies.
“Consistently ranked among our country’s most military friendly institutions, William & Mary has one of the nation’s longest and strongest traditions of ed…
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