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by jalk 314 days ago
Surprised that Fulbright scholarships are still a thing, given DOGE. Cultural exchange programs seems like something the current US administration would get a severe rash from.
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thomassmith65 314 days ago 

  “The Fulbright Program's mission is to bring a little 
  more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more
  compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the
  chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace 
  and friendship.” — Senator J. William Fulbright
Yes, that seems out of step with the MAGA era.
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ailef 314 days ago
To me it seems out of step with US foreign policy.
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ModernMech 314 days ago
Like all US institutions that support higher education and diversity, the Trump administration is attacking it:

Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/fulbright-boa...

Education Dept. Cancels Fulbright-Hays Applications, at Least for Now: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/study-abroad/2025...

Association of International Educators warns students won’t want to come to the US https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/association-international-ed...

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CobrastanJorji 314 days ago
It was really close. Check out https://fulbright.org/status

Trump's draft 2026 budget in May would have cut its funding by 93%. In June, the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the whole board, resigned in protest, because the Trump administration was meddling and trying to remove funding for certain foreigners and to add new inspections for scholars who were wrong in some unspecified way. Fortunately, the funding got back into the draft bill in mid-July.

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esafak 314 days ago
Exactly. If you like it, don't draw attention to it.
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