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Articles by Paul Basken
Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector¡¯s biggest debates over the past 12 months
Daughter of Haitian immigrants, social scientist serving as dean of arts and sciences promises to bring new commitment to interdisciplinary achievement
Outgoing president of LA campus ties success to institution¡¯s longstanding diverse culture, even as he leaves under accusations of failing to protect it
Year after MIT and Harvard¡¯s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value
Proposed safe home for conservative voices doing well on funding but with signs of delays and political softening
Scientific sharing trailblazer hopes detailed tracking of researcher behaviour will help identify stubborn obstacles to more cooperative environment
A crusader for equity in teaching design finds a formula that works across borders and sectors, with critical importance for society as a whole
Nation¡¯s largest higher education system gets its first black and Puerto Rican chancellor, in the hope of translating size into prominence and equity, while also stemming demographic declines
Top research universities have long cited their value in growing local economies, but massive graduate student walkout suggests a critical need to better protect the people who make the magic happen
Top provider of basic research funding to US higher education hopes that a narrower set of evaluation criteria will aid black scientists and better retain expert reviewers
Outside experts see potential problems in decades-old papers where Tessier-Lavigne served as a co-author, although any potential responsibility seems far from clear
Tentative pact covers postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, but leaves 300,000-student system in turmoil as talks continue with graduate students in teaching and research roles
As tuition discounting hits record rates, nation¡¯s higher education leaders feel need to end confusion over their net prices before lawmakers try to do it
Biggest-ever job action in US higher education reaches third week with hundreds of California professors promising to observe picket lines, and system suggesting it may halt their pay
Academic research leaders welcome shift from Trump hostilities but see unnecessary limits on foreigners in US labs, and uncertainties over unification of disclosure rules
Biden-backed settlement benefits 200,000 students from 153 institutions, largely in the for-profit sector, with no expectation taxpayers will be reimbursed for the losses
High turnout among college-aged voters helps Democrats, but renewed Republican control of House may limit their payback on affordability and equity
Walkout over wages and benefits ¨C biggest in any US job sector this year ¨C snarls 300,000-student system just weeks before autumn semester exams
Universities cancel classes after separate incidents
Leading civil rights figure in US higher education questions assertions by Supreme Court justices that ending legacy advantages could be a reasonable response to their expected ban on affirmative action
At THE conference in Los Angeles, warning of long-term debt to workers includes suggested remedies such as temporary release from course loads and pause in tenure clock
Student member of statewide board declines to join rest of board in ratifying Republican senator, as faculty and students in Gainesville look to punish colleagues who backed him
Berkeley among institutions admitting it¡¯s overwhelmed by freshers struggling in classes and low on resilience
Responding to Laurentian crisis, proposal moving through federal Senate would bar public universities from creditor protection, but with only a promise of unspecified alternatives
