(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A Carnegie Mellon University sign is displayed outside Baker Hall on the university’s campus in Pittsburgh, June 7, 2019. Carnegie Mellon University and the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation, named for a home-building supplies entrepreneur and his wife who built their fortune despite early struggles, hope a $150 million initiative will support a new generation of students trying to achieve that American dream. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is one of many top universities across the United States of America that may be blocked by the Pentagon to block military members from using tuition aid there, which was what the Pentagon expressed last week. A statement from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the schools as being biased against the U.S. military and sponsoring “troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.” The memo that was signed by Hegseth rolled out the new policy impacting over 30 universities and schools, which includes CMU, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. According to a statement from the Pentagon, starting with the 2026-27 academic year, they will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships, and certificate programs.