The Department of Defense is considering ending graduate tuition-assistance agreements with 34 U.S. institutions, a move that would strip a key education benefit for service members and could disrupt partnerships between the military and universities. The review, reported by Susan H. Greenberg, would affect institutions that receive GI-related funding and host active-duty personnel for civilian graduate programs. Defense officials framed the step as a program-level reassessment; impacted institutions include a mix of public and private schools that run tailored graduate fellowships and officer education tracks. The proposal could force rapid renegotiations of tuition contracts, remove a predictable revenue line for affected programs, and complicate graduate pipeline planning for federal talent development. Universities now face a compressed timeline to make contingency plans for displaced students and to lobby Defense policymakers. If enacted, the decision will raise questions about quality controls, reciprocity of training investments, and the long-term role of military-funded professional education in the higher-education ecosystem.