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Articles by Paul Basken
University sees free-speech limits after Nigerian-born professor wishes monarch pain for colonial abuses
Survey in annual report by advocacy group Fire shows slightly less support on campuses for shouting down or using violence to deter speakers
Vast lands owned by state¡¯s campuses since 1800s ofter multibillion-dollar oil profits, along with huge environmental, political and reputational risks
Analysis links poor salary returns to students underestimating career potential of major choices ¨C and universities not sharing earnings information
University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing
Institutions emerge from lockdowns with an unusually large amount of money left over but say surpluses mask real financial difficulties
Campaigners say academic publishers will have to ¡®figure this out pretty darn fast¡¯ as Biden sets 2025 deadline for switch to instant open access
Chapters¡¯ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector¡¯s reluctance to challenge ¡®Greek life¡¯ abuses
As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value
In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles
College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely
Cardona cites cultural deficit in lamenting that billions in equity-oriented aid is failing to make a significant difference
Specialisation is revered and rewarded, leaving teaching institutions wondering ¨C even with a promised federal infusion ¨C how to encourage more generalists
University hopes to build more diverse faculty by enriching PhD process with skills typically acquired in prolonged postdoc slog
Sparked by fear of Chinese technological competitiveness, Congress acts to double NSF budget with push for applied technology
After a particularly jarring moment on its fraternity-heavy campus, US institution tries teaching officers about tolerance and listening
Long-term halt in loan repayment requirement ¨C while Biden stalls on other protections ¨C undermines key federal accountability method, experts warn
As US campuses relent under societal pressure on masking, results from autumn 2021 semester affirm value of basic protections
The academic and civil rights crusader talks about a mother who showed her how to stand up for herself and for others
Four decades as professor and campus vice-president, with a stint in Italy, has Robert Berne seeing parallels to global intrigue and prison life
With university set to become a near-universal expectation for high-school graduates, the separate silos in which K12 and higher education have traditionally operated are increasingly being seen as barriers to equity. But what, realistically, can universities do to bridge the great divide? Paul Basken reports
After Supreme Court decision, websites specialising in finding accommodation abroad report spike in enquiries
First-time Clearinghouse assessment finds most undergraduates don¡¯t even have 12 credits per semester, too few to finish in five years
Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks
