Annie K. Lamar, Author at Public Seminar

Higher Ed

Why Our Soldiers Need to Learn From Civilians

The risks of the Pentagon’s assault on civilian tenure at military schools

October 26, 2026 • by Annie K. Lamar and Yuri Sepp

We are witnessing the most sweeping overhaul of American military higher education in decades. On September 29, Hegseth's DOD issued a memo indicating that civilian faculty at military institutions will no longer receive tenure. Labeled “Refocusing the Military Service Academies and Senior Service College on Warfighter Education,” the memo directs institutions such as West ...

Why Our Soldiers Need to Learn From Civilians

AI’s reckoning in the Amazon

“Now, for the first time in history, anyone can conduct archaeological research,” or so promised artificial intelligence giant OpenAI in a recent promotion-via-public competition. Marketed as an Indiana Jones–style adventure, the “OpenAI to Z Challenge” invited users to digitally scour the Amazon rainforest for archaeological treasure. More than 2,500 teams ...