A West Level professor’s resignation over training shifts introduced, partially, by the Trump administration, drew a scathing remark from Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth.
West Level philosophy professor Graham Parsons introduced his resignation Thursday, following a 13-year tenure with the academy. Hegseth shortly took to social media, voicing his opinion after the departure.
“You will not be missed Professor Parsons,” Hegseth wrote in response to Parsons’ resignation.
In a New York Instances op-ed, Parson mentioned he’s departing because the academy is quickly shifting from its instructional ideas, partially because of the Trump administration.
“I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty,” mentioned Parsons. “I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form.”
He added: “In a matter of days, the United States Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles. Once a school that strove to give cadets the broad-based, critical-minded, nonpartisan education they need for careers as Army officers, it was suddenly eliminating courses, modifying syllabuses and censoring arguments to comport with the ideological tastes of the Trump administration.”
Parsons’ disdain correlates to President Donald Trump and Hegseth’s latest govt order and memos prohibiting what school members could educate at United States army instructional establishments.
In his op-ed, he claimed the outcomes have yielded “a sweeping assault on the school’s curriculum and the faculty members’ research.”
Upon his departure from the academy, his touchdown web page on the West Level web site was eliminated.
