Academe Today: How a Grant From Koch Foundation Plunged a Department Into Crisis

Pandemic approaches to internships and international experiences; 29 colleges now cost $75,000 or more; 425 colleges to require vaccines; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. POLITICS AND THE ACADEMY [A New Hire, a Koch Grant, and a Department in Crisis]( By Nell Gluckman [image] The money was supposed to be a lifeline. Instead it added fuel to a fire. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( BACKGROUNDER [How Right-Wing Billionaires Infiltrated Higher Education]( By Jane Mayer [image] The secret history of conservative foundations’ plans to co-opt scholars and scholarship. THE EDGE [These 2 Pandemic-Era Models Aren’t Going Away]( By Goldie Blumenstyk New approaches to internships and international experiences have staying power even as the world opens in person again. DATA [More Than 2 Dozen Colleges Cost at Least $75,000 This Year]( [image] Our sortable and searchable database shows the sticker prices at more than 3,400 colleges and universities, with data going back to 1998. NOW 425 COLLEGES [Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19]( By Andy Thomason and Brian O’Leary [image] More colleges are mandating vaccinations. Here are the ones we know about. EVENT [What a Tenure Snub Says About the Politicization of University Governance]( Join Lindsay Ellis and Jack Stripling, who spent months investigating the [perils of politicized trusteeship]( for a live discussion today at 3:30 p.m., Eastern time, about how the Nikole Hannah-Jones case fits into a larger story of partisan college governance. Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( Views IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [Can Yale Reform Its Humanities Doctoral Programs?]( By Leonard Cassuto [image] Major universities have been slow to acknowledge the collapse of the tenure-track job market. A new report from Yale changes that. Paid for and Created by Lamar University [Lamar University implements virtual solutions during remarkable times]( From creating live classroom settings to implementing student discussion boards, Lamar University professors are overcoming virtual obstacles with technology and ingenuity, living and teaching fine arts through a Zoom call. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Job Announcement Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Chief Marketing Officer at Simmons University.[Visit jobs.chronicle.com]( for more details. Paid for and Created by Birmingham University [High-speed evolution: Tracking COVID variants in real-time]( Playing a critical role in understanding virus mutations as they occur, learn how University of Birmingham researchers are utilizing real-time genomic surveillance to guide public health decision-making and vaccine development. Today's Global Campus Strategies for Reviving International Enrollments and Study Abroad Pandemic travel restrictions cut both ways, causing international enrollments to plummet and limiting study-abroad opportunities. This Chronicle report provides an in-depth look at how the global education experience has changed and offers strategies for assessing and adapting programs to ensure students' exposure to cultural and global diversity. [Order your copy today.]( Job Opportunities [Director and Chair Physician Assistant Program]( Salus University [Deputy Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate]( National Science Foundation [Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs]( Eastern Iowa Community Colleges [Vice Dean for Research]( NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing [Clinical Professor of Law]( Willamette University [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037