[alephnerd]

The actual announcement - https://media.defense.gov/2026/Feb/27/2003881802/-1/-1/1/ALI...

I've TFed and CAed for SSC fellows eons ago and the fact is UMich (especially the International Institute [0]), VT (CETS [1] and CGIT [2]), ASU (GSI [3] and CAPS [4]), and UNC (ASC [5], ISA [6], CES [7], and TISS [8]) remain great programs and tend to be fairly liberal.

Surprised TAMU wasn't included.

Edit: can't reply

> and lo and behold

Yep, but everyone who's an SSC will self-select for Mich, UNC, ASU, and VT. SSC fellows are smart and are gunning for top exit opps in the public and private sector. Hillsdale, Regent, and Liberty don't offer that and would limit career options as they are deeply ideological programs.

[0] - https://ii.umich.edu/ii/about-us/centers-programs.html

[1] - https://liberalarts.vt.edu/research-centers/ceuts.html

[2] - https://www.cgit.vt.edu/index.html

[3] - https://nationalsecurity.asu.edu/

[4] - https://www.capsresearch.org/

[5] - https://africa.unc.edu/

[6] - http://isa.unc.edu/

[7] - https://europe.unc.edu/

[8] - https://tiss-nc.org/

[diek]

My first reaction was, "watch, they're going to replace actual rigorous educational institutions with religious colleges" and lo and behold, "Liberty University" is at the top of the list for replacement civilian institutions.

[cma]

Religious schools have long had the strongest cancel culture out there.

[MengerSponge]

"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong. Find which thing is not like the other by the time I finish this song!"