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Articles by Paul Basken
They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don¡¯t formalise the link, analysts warn
While political protest a time-honoured tradition, ferocity of pro-Israel onslaught leaves academia to mull its true independence
Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so
Trudeau¡¯s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration
Nation¡¯s campuses see overall undergraduate enrolment gain for first time since Covid, only to lose new four-year entrants
Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it
Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research
Diplomats leave India as stand-off expands, limiting visa services and putting especially high risk on small rural campuses
After world¡¯s largest funder of medical research spends a year without a permanent head, US Senate gives Harvard oncologist a list of political pleas but no serious opposition
McGill and province¡¯s other English-language universities see dire threats to their finances and diversity
Just as some conservatives start warning universities against joining policy debates, others start punishing them for failing to speak out on behalf of Jewish state
Extensive comparison of course descriptions to actual syllabuses shows persistent silos, with highest cost for science students
At Harvard and beyond, politicised sector sees new battles erupt between students, faculty, donors and lawmakers over attitudes towards Palestinians
Morgan State upgrades security after shooting but proposal to extend barrier proves controversial
Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias
Amid concerns about value for money and the supposed liberal bias of certain humanities and social science subjects, conservative politicians are increasingly intervening in curricular decisions. Do such subjects still have a place at public universities ¨C and who should get to decide, asks Paul Basken
Animated by both left and right, operations¡¯ right to label themselves ¡®university¡¯ or ¡®college¡¯ amplify a regulatory danger for US higher education
Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine
Start of classes pushed back, with longer postponement probable, as reservist staff, academics and students called up
In considering revisions for the 10th anniversary of its respected free-speech ideals, university turns to critics of academia¡¯s public voice
Small private US campus leader leaves wake of graphic allegations and questions of previous institutions keeping quiet
Three years after province cut its budget by a third, leaner flagship university sees a moment to leap; students hope they can make it
Administration demands open process that allows anonymity, upsetting agencies seeking clearer rules in an era of partisan attacks
In reviving controversial gainful employment rule, administration also worries traditional institutions by requiring they publicly report their own graduate salary data
