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Pete Hegseth: “Tenure often leads to academic stagnation, faculty complacency, and institutional inability to adapt to emerging needs,"…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2026
Tenure often leads to academic stagnation, faculty complacency, and institutional inability to adapt to emerging needs," he wrote.
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Pete Hegseth

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Defense Secretary on tenure at military academies

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