The resignation of a West Point professor due to educational changes influenced by the Trump administration elicited strong remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Graham Parsons, a philosophy professor at West Point, announced on Thursday that he would be leaving the academy after 13 years. Hegseth promptly shared his views on social media following this announcement.
“You will not be missed Professor Parsons,” Hegseth wrote in response to Parsons’ resignation.
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Parsons explained his decision to resign, citing a quick departure from the academy’s educational values, partly attributable to shifts initiated by the Trump administration.
The 2014 graduating class at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, throw their covers in the air at the end of the ceremony May 28, 2014. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
In his op-ed, he claimed the results have yielded “a sweeping assault on the school’s curriculum and the faculty members’ research.”
Upon his departure from the academy, his landing page on the West Point website was removed.
