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
Lawsuit by an Asian-American student challenging rejection reveals white students, not black applicants, to be the advantaged party
Thanks to a big boost in aid from colleges, students paid slightly less on average this year, but the reduced fees could take a toll on quality, expert warns
Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings find broad decline in number of US college students who would recommend their own institution – but some campuses buck the trend
$350 million gift from investor Stephen Schwarzman aims to deeply integrate computer science knowledge with expertise in ethics and other realms of social science
The trial beginning on Monday in Boston will assess whether Harvard’s admissions policies discriminate against Asian-Americans in favour of black applicants
Universities collaborate with major leagues to offer opportunities to athletes reaching the end of their careers
End of era of deference as well as funding behind development of country’s higher education system, says Tony Chan
Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears
Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears
Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional
Many counsellors opting to work overseas or move into private practice
Completion rates improve as number of women in a programme increases, US study finds
National Science Foundation demands that universities report findings of sexual harassment involving anyone working on the projects it has financed
Students spending far less time working for their degrees in US states that have legalised medicinal cannabis, US research finds
Efforts to prevent sexual harassment at universities advanced with new policies from top US provider of science funding and world’s biggest general science society
Thinktanks join forces to warn ‘last-dollar’ approach leaves low-income students unable to afford daily essentials
For second straight year, Republican-led Congress defies President Trump to hike federal funding for universities and students
Congress remains too divided to tackle crisis
US lawmakers voting to expand mandatory student loan counselling, despite little expectation of any meaningful dent in ballooning debt levels
