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
Valentina Azarova declines to take human rights position, but CAUT suspends censure and claims academic freedom win
Ernst enters guilty plea and faces up to four years in prison as first trial of parents begins in Boston
Mix of survey and employment data offered as caution to those blaming high costs on administrative bloat
Holden Thorp says Abet course rules hinder well-rounded strategies to fight major social burdens
Accused of bribery to gain entry for their children, parents draw parallels to legal forms of favouritism
Despite chronically low youth turnout, federal agency sees bigger pandemic need to aid elderly with ballots
Ivy League standard-bearer cites climate wreckage in cutting oil industry from its $42 billion (?30 billion) endowment
Former Tennessee researcher wins first court trial of Trump-era crackdown, while Biden stance remains unclear
Disadvantaged students struggle as private institutions offer discounts and community colleges hope for rebound
First presidential spouse with independent career hopes community college class will show middle ground on Covid
Top HBCU is latest victim in ransomware onslaught that has institutions globally struggling to counter
Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise
Admitting profits is a strong start, experts say, but academia has much more central culpability yet to remedy
US threatens aid cut if states prohibit Covid protections, and then makes clear university campuses are included
Campuses can rarely help replicate Silicon Valley and face great risk trying, innovation expert warns
Three-quarters of cases brought against faculty found to have ended with penalties, yet with unclear implications
Faculty quit and various sides sue as administrators and conservative politicians forbid health precautions
Regents accept task force recommendation that namesake is a ¡®symbol of colonialism¡¯, although exact legacy less clear
Campaign pledge of universal student loan forgiveness remains on the agenda, but disagreement abounds over its wisdom and long-term impact
But about-turn leaves gaps and lingering fears about challenging political power
Long-standing challenge on research disclosures grows more urgent with rising China tensions and anti-Asian discrimination
Manipulated data in study of truth and behaviour threatens career of popular TED Talk star Dan Ariely
Series of analyses in JAMA concludes that a promise to achieve greater racial balance in training doctors remains largely unfulfilled
Aggrieved pro-Trump offshoots rise on campuses, complete with allegedly rigged national leadership election
