Paul Basken joined Times Higher Education as North America editor in September 2018. He was previously a government policy and science reporter with The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he won an annual National Press Club award for exclusives. He founded the State Department bureau at Bloomberg News, was a White House and international correspondent with United Press International, and serves on the editorial advisory board of ASEE¡¯s Prism magazine.
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Articles by Paul Basken
Some presidents advocate cutting ties with universities in rival states, while others urge maintaining academic links even when diplomatic ones are straitened
Academics must work closely with students to foster innovation, says KAUST president
Celebrated Harvard economist opens THE¡¯s World Academic Summit by showing academia¡¯s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society
Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country
After spikes in participation in recent polls, students¡¯ role as a key voting bloc is under increased scrutiny in upcoming elections
Critic of Trump would bring extensive academic experience to post steeped in political intrigue
Nation¡¯s top doctor, a celebrity after Covid, says he¡¯d like a campus posting to write, lecture and share 60 years of experience
As legal challenge gains, Congress avoids renewing provision seen letting elite campuses tie financial offers to student ability to pay
Republican-led jurisdictions join private borrower in court claims citing tax losses and other harms from $300 billion giveaway
As global talent shifts, National Academies experts warn nation increasingly has more to gain than lose in a less restrictive atmosphere
Campus cites 2021 state law in telling all employees not to promote abortion, while state¡¯s other large institution suggests pointing students to outside counsellors
The University of Washington leader discusses bridging subject-level siloes, and how academic science can better serve society
Embracing the concept just as many other US campuses back away, top-ranked school school hopes for lawyers who pursue public service
Median age at degree completion shrinks, although share of field¡¯s graduates with job commitment does too, American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds
Trudeau government faces calls to follow Biden¡¯s lead, although improvement in borrower repayment terms seen as more likely
Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions
Private Orthodox institution acts after US Supreme Court upholds state court recognition order that¡¯s likely to be reversed later
Top US funder of basic research warns it will tally and punish cases of yelling, threats and other abuses by scientists losing grant competitions
Former University of Southern California water polo coach gets new trial as federal judge cites significance of USC accepting payment from student¡¯s family
Nearly two years after pursuit of controversial and costly insolvency process, Ontario institution sees pathway to recovery
As oversubscribed classes become painfully commonplace, students with computer skills test marketplace to bypass administrators
At campus steeped in scandal, trustees fault Stanley over sexual misconduct reporting procedures, but faculty and students help him fight back
With large backlog of student applications likely throughout the semester, institutions plead for clear answers on winter term
Local store gets huge punitive court-ordered payout over campaign castigating its 2016 pursuit of shoplifting black student
