The Washington Inquisitor
Higher Education
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Hegseth orders overhaul of war colleges, ending tenure for new civilian faculty and requiring capstone wargames
A Nov. 9 memorandum directs the senior war colleges to measure every course against warfighting, ends lifetime tenure for newly hired civilian faculty and makes a graded capstone wargame or exam central…
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Lynn Fritz, who sold his logistics firm to UPS for $450 million, makes new gift to Georgetown’s Center for Digital Ethics
The 1964 College graduate and his wife, Anisya Fritz, are funding research on AI ethics and a forum series. Georgetown did not disclose the amount.
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Kendra Wharton, a former Justice Department official, represented UNC in its federal civil rights settlement
The Justice and Education departments said UNC’s Oct. 19 agreement closes 18 investigations and keeps the university eligible for federal funding. UNC’s outside counsel was Kendra Wharton, a former associate deputy attorney…
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Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day and Mara O’Day commit $10 million for first-generation Georgetown students
The Gilead Sciences chief, a 1986 Georgetown College graduate and university board member, is funding full-cost scholarships as Georgetown’s price of attendance tops $100,000.
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Pentagon says all 30 universities it audited have cut flagged ties to foreign research institutions
The Department of War says all 30 universities it ordered to audit foreign collaborations took more than 80 termination-related actions, some going beyond its watch list. It has not named the partners…