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
University fundraising income continues to grow, but comes from shrinking group of wealthy benefactors
Harvard case was meant to get academia’s attention, and did, prosecutors proclaim
While xenophobes get headlines, conservative students show political flexibility
Saskatchewan veterinary college says move has been forced on it by limits on public funding
Universities aim to boost bottom line by jettisoning SAT and ACT to gain freer hand in selecting entrants, some suggest
Researchers say that conservative Christian beliefs do not necessarily conflict with belief in concepts such as evolution
Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown
Companies retreat for now, but see the technology’s spread as inevitable
Institutions remain open while isolating and testing possible cases
Bid to help lower-income students study poverty bypasses normal admissions processes but still sports a hefty price tag
Return to table reflects ongoing string of advances for open science movement
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that leave the higher education sector, asks Paul Basken
Plans opposed by islanders who consider Mauna Kea to be sacred ground
University’s leader pledges effective climate response, not ‘symbolic’ actions
Arbitrator finds campus unfairly limited hours to avoid having to provide tuition fee benefits
Institute vows corrective steps but limited sanctions after taking funds from sex abuser
Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink
Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information
The professor and media expert advises universities to value the low-tech practice of meditation, and to move far more quickly to embrace the high-tech way that their students prefer to learn
Widely expected Plan S-style order hailed as ‘major boost’ to global movement
Survey of 200 hires finds them often stuck in usual disciplinary confines rather than working across boundaries as intended
Union cites aspirational university statement as grounds to halt walkout
Higher education motivated by goal of more diverse lists of qualified applicants
