Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military and sponsoring "troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yale University is eliminating tuition and other costs for all new undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000 a year, joining a growing number of elite campuses that are slashing costs for middle- and lower-income families.