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
Reduction in budget to tune of $135 million (?107 million) could lead to 1,300 job losses, officials estimate
A punitive attitude towards incarceration limits the access of the US’ uniquely large prison population to college degrees. But there are signs that attitudes are finally shifting. Paul Basken considers the arguments and looks at some prime examples of what can be achieved with a captive audience
Trump-dominated panel bolsters campuses that reject postgraduate unions
Tutors struggle to prepare reporters for public less interested in facts
Final budget, pending Senate and White House input, may be slightly less generous
Similar to broader scandal, case raises question of sports coach allegedly aiding applicants
Rejected student had found fame advocating guns after his own school shooting
Oberlin ordered to pay $44 million (?35 million) after leading discredited boycott
Government reportedly suspects campuses are not fully transparent about global ties
Liberal arts chief warns academics of cost of failing to serve local communities
Campus win wrongly equated media democratisation with real democracy
University president accuses US and EU of capitulating to populists
Leniency shown to former Stanford coach not likely for parents and other participants, judge suggests
Institution surrenders $26.5 million (?20.8 million) after donor urges student boycott over women’s rights
Former universities minister renews attack on Oxford’s and Cambridge’s records on access
Shigeru Miyagawa describes how artificial intelligence could transform teaching and assessment
David McKay hopes AI might help universities select students with vital ‘soft skills’
Schedule reform refusal points to deeper problem, pioneer tells conference
After crackdowns on campus, members of Congress move to coordinate policy for universities
Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois
Asked by THE why taxpayers should not be able to immediately see the results of research they financed, Kelvin Droegemeier answered: ‘They maybe should’
New institute intends to marshal all academic fields to nudge artificial intelligence and its uses to more positive place
Struggling minority institutions feel ‘unfair’ assessments a key handicap
Impact of massive gifts may be limited if high dropout rates among disadvantaged students cannot be reined in
