The Evan Bray Show - Nathan M. Greenfield - April 7th, 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump is cutting some major funding to large universities. His administration is threatening to cut up to $9 billion in federal grants to Harvard University. Some U.S. professors are also heading north to continue their education career in Canada instead. Nathan M. Greenfield, author, North American correspondent for University World News, visiting professor of sociology at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and visiting professor of history at the Kyiv School of Economics in Ottawa, joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss what these big changes could mean for American universities.
7 Apr 2025 12PM English Canada News Commentary

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