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Nathan Greenfield

@nathangreenfield1.bsky.social

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North American Correspondent for University World News Author: 7 Military Histories (Canada in both world wars) Born: Brooklyn, NY BA: Bard College MA: McGill University PhD: McGill University

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

My latest in University World News...on the Trump Compact A death warrant for academic freedom www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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HE leaders brand Trump’s compact for HE as ‘extortion’

The Trump administration’s compact offered to nine elite universities has provoked alarm among higher education leaders. It demands surrender of aca...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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Kirk assassination raises the political stakes for HE

Comments by United States President Donald Trump and his supporters at the memorial service of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk confirmed the worst fe...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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The books are ash, but these librarians refuse to give up

The bombing of the main library of the Sumy State University in northeast Ukraine by Russian military on the eve of talks between the US and Ukrainian...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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Trump is ‘catalyst, not cause’ of HE decline – Pasquerella

Although unsparing in her critique of United States President Donald Trump and some of his key cabinet appointees, Lynn Pasquerella, president of the ...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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US erecting new barriers for international students – Experts

Citing both “national security” and “fraud and abuse” of international student visas, the United States Department of Homeland Security has an...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

My latest in University World News.... www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Supreme Court greenlights US$783m in health research cuts

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson hits out at a Supreme Court decision to support the termination of hundreds of millions of dolla...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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Hispanic-serving institutions under legal threat

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities is intervening in a case brought by the state of Tennessee and an anti-diversity organisation ag...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Scroll to podcasts. At 11 a.m. you will find me being interviewed on the Trump Putin meeting. www.ckom.com/the-evan-bra...

The Evan Bray Show

Evan Bray is the voice of Saskatchewan. Many know him as the former chief of the Regina Police Service. But Br...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

My latest in University World News...on the DoJ declaring DEI illegal www.universityworldnews.com/page-mobile....

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The Global Window on Higher Education

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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The Global Window on Higher Education

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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United States withdraws from UNESCO for the third time

Citing ‘national interest’, the United States announced on 22 July that it would be withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific an...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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Trump proposes 90% cut to funding of tribal colleges

The Bureau of Indian Education’s request to the United States Congress to drastically cut funding support for Tribal Colleges and Universities will ...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

My latest in University World News... On Trump's plan to cut funding for basic research by 34 percent www.universityworldnews.com/page-mobile....

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The Global Window on Higher Education

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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Saving Maori culture and improving student access, success

New Zealand’s Te Wananga o Aotearoa – one of the nation’s Maori tertiary education institutions – illustrates how culture can help improve edu...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My latest in University World News... www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Trump’s ‘Big Bill’ to cost students, universities billions

Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation law dramatically downsizes the US federal government’s role in financing colleges and universities, and inclu...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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Harvard fights back as antisemitism battle escalates

The Trump administration significantly escalated its battle with Harvard over how it addressed antisemitism on Monday, formally accusing the universit...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@annanagurney.bsky.social U of T figures prominently in the story below www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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US universities plan refuge for blocked foreign students

Two US universities find partner institutions in Toronto and London to offer academic shelter to students who are unable to study in America due to th...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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US universities plan refuge for blocked foreign students

Two US universities find partner institutions in Toronto and London to offer academic shelter to students who are unable to study in America due to th...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My latest in University World News.. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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US universities plan refuge for blocked foreign students

Two US universities find partner institutions in Toronto and London to offer academic shelter to students who are unable to study in America due to th...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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Biomedical research enters new era amid global shifts

Ageing populations in Pacific Rim countries are causing universities in the region to reorientate what and to whom they teach and are driving their re...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

My latest in University World News...a deep dive into the cuts to Alzheimer's research.. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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The social cost of federal cuts to Alzheimer’s research

Scientists conducting breakthrough research in Alzheimer’s disease say the withdrawal of their United States federal funding on the basis of their p...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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Critics say Ontario’s new bill threatens academic freedom

Critics believe a new bill that will give the Ontario provincial government powers to set criteria and processes that the province’s post-secondary ...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My latest in University World News...on the plumiting interest of international students for coming to the US to study. And Trump's efforts to defund Harvard www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Trump’s ongoing attacks on HE ‘reverberate across borders’

Latest figures from Studyportals, the world’s largest study choice platform, show that the Trump administration’s continued attacks on major unive...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Crowded Rome...but Roma!

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

My latest in University World News...on Secretary McMahon's (poorly written) letter telling Harvard not to apply for grants. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Harvard stands firm against Trump’s ‘retaliatory’ threats

Harvard University has accused the United States government of making new threats to “illegally withhold funding for lifesaving research and innovat...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

My latest in University World News...on the declining numbers coming to the Big Four... www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Three of ‘Big Four’ see steep drop in postgrad enrolment

A new study shows the biggest losses in international postgraduate student enrolment in the January to March 2025 intake around the world have been fe...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Below is the link to an updated version of my article on the court case against the University of British Columbia's land acknowledgements. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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UBC’s recognition of land rights is not political – Chiefs

Six First Nations chiefs have criticised a claim made in court papers by four University of British Columbia professors and a former graduate student ...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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International students who stay in US land top jobs – Study

Amid the Trump administration’s dramatic termination of hundreds of international student visas, a new study reveals that the majority of internatio...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My latest in University World News..on Trump's EO on university accreditation www.universityworldnews.com/page-mobile....

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The Global Window on Higher Education

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

www.universityworldnews.com/page-mobile.... On the AAC&U's statement on Trump's the existential threat to HE.

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The Global Window on Higher Education

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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Interest in US for postgrad study has plummeted, data shows

Interest from prospective international students in going to the United States for graduate studies has dropped by 44% since the inauguration of Presi...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Happy Easter to all my friends and relations who celebrate. May your Easter chocolate be creamy and your day wonderful.

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My latest in University World News..on cuts to Yale's Conflict Observatory tracking kidnapped Ukrainian kids www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Trump funding cuts threaten Yale Conflict Observatory closure

The imminent closure of the Conflict Observatory-Ukraine, based at Yale University’s Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab, which has tracked Russ...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My latest in University World News...on Harvard standing up to Trump... www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Trump cuts US$2.2 billion and threatens rebellious Harvard

Using Truth Social, US President Donald Trump has struck out at Harvard, threatening to remove the tax-exempt status it has had for centuries – on t...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

University World News... looking for climate scientist to comment on Trump's cutting of Princeton's climate research. Also, looking for social psychologist to comment on the reason given, creation of "climate anxiety" in young people. DM me here of send contact info.

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

To my Jewish family and friends, and others who might be joining Jews is celebrating Passover, I wish you all a Chang Pasach Sameach, Gut Yontiff...and a joyous meal tomorrow.

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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Guidance for international students on US’s hostile regime

The increasingly hostile regime being created for international students and scholars in the United States – involving denial of entry, detentions, ...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

My latest in University World News...on the reverse brain drain to Canada www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Will the Trump era reverse Canada’s brain drain problem?

The imminent arrival of three eminent American Ivy League professors and efforts by Canadian universities to attract researchers from the United State...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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Scientists self-censor as Trump axes research funds

The uncertainty and seemingly wanton destruction behind the Trump administration’s slashing of research programme budgets for the National Institute...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My latest in University World News...on plummeting international interest in studying in the US.. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Interest in studying in US dropped 42% in January

Interest in studying in the US by international graduate students plummeted by more than 40% in the first week of January 2025 and stayed at that leve...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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Lumina sets new goal: 75% of workers with higher education

Lumina, a non-governmental organisation with a solid track record, has committed to working towards increasing to 75% the proportion of adults in the ...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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Trump causes alarm with student loans forgiveness order

President Trump’s executive order to exclude former students who are now non-profit workers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Programme has a...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My latest in University World News...on declining interest among international students for studying in the US, UK, Canada or Australia... www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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Decline in interest in ‘Big Four’ study destinations

Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – decli...

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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War brings need for SDG-related skills into sharper focus

Ukraine’s three-year-old war against Russian aggression dominates every sphere of life, which makes it surprising but not irrational that the United...

Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

My latest in University World News... On DeSantis's tech Bro's attack on Florida's public universities .https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.php?story=20250228135205958

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

To my Ukrainian friends...on this baleful anniversary, know that you have many friends and that telling your stories has been an honour.

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

@annanagurney.bsky.social www.ckom.com/the-evan-bra... Skroll down to the playlist in the middle of the page. Then look for 9 am today. I was speaking about Trump and Ukraine.

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

www.ckom.com/the-evan-bra... Skroll down to the playlist in the middle of the page. Then look for 9 am today. I was speaking about Trump and Ukraine.

The Evan Bray Show

Saskatoon's Number One News and Information Station - News, Talk, Sports, Traffic, and Weather

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Nathan Greenfield @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My latest in University World News...on the Department of Ed's Dear Colleague letter.. Thanks to ACE. www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

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‘Stop DEI’ order lacks force of law but set to sow chaos

The United States Department of Education’s letter ordering an end to all diversity, equity, and inclusion courses, programmes, and activities on co...

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