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Articles by Paul Basken
Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus¡¯ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges
Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession¡¯s more enduring imperatives
Third Ivy League leader to depart amid Israel protests concedes pressures, as numerous US counterparts face no-confidence votes
Biden backs Republican narrative of excessive antisemitism in demonstrations, while California tries to uncover pro-Israel attackers
Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment
Tough decade-old experience with police violence taught California universities the value of restraint, though divisive politics may already be straining its ability to keep its ideals
Violence also flares at University of California, Los Angeles as pro-Palestinian demonstrations reach climax
After forcing delays in 2024-25 admissions cycle, administration promises simplified aid process will help more students, but current educational and political costs loom as substantial
Suspension threats lead to classroom seizure after Ivy League university offers to discuss but not immediately implement Israel divestment
While diversity advocates bemoaned 2023 ruling restricting affirmative action, broad tally affirms that nation¡¯s institutions generally didn¡¯t use that power
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce abuses and controversies in nation¡¯s huge programme of international enrolment, Trudeau cuts back Covid-era 40-hour-a-week policy
Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism ¨C sincere or otherwise ¨C play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities
After top politicians visit Columbia University to demand harsh crackdown on student speech, police at multiple campuses move to shut down encampments
Top congressional Republican comes to New York City to ally himself with conservatives attacking free speech on college campuses
Top US funding agency manages record increase in key programme for younger scientists, and sees gains in overall equity, while absorbing net cut in its annual budget
US university tests use of technology in training mental health advisers, but experts foresee ¨C and fear ¨C wider application
University¡¯s president in tough situation, with lawmakers escalating tensions, students angered by quick use of police force, and encampments elsewhere drawing similar responses
After more than 100 arrests at demonstration supporting Palestinians, students revive mass occupation, putting their president under new fire from briefly supportive Republicans
Colleges and universities grateful that president is restoring their control over sexual misconduct hearings, but warn about speed and frequency of change
State law against foreign scholars allows institutions to pursue exceptions, but faculty and students are largely left to wage protests
Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions
After previous hearing led to ousting of Harvard and Penn leaders, Baroness Shafik calls for understanding but struggles to define response
After flat research funding drew complaints last year from universities, new plan warmly welcomed
As part of annual budget, lawmakers also call for focus on fraud, new funding models and peer review
