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Surprised that Fulbright scholarships are still a thing, given DOGE. Cultural exchange programs seems like something the current US administration would get a s

by jalk 1y 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.

esafak 1y ago
Exactly. If you like it, don't draw attention to it.
thomassmith65 1y 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.
- ailef 1y ago
  To me it seems out of step with US foreign policy.
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ModernMech 1y 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-board-resign-trump.html 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/2025/05/09/fulbright-hays-grants-canceled-year 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-educators-warns-students-wont-us-122250271 https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/association-international-ed...
CobrastanJorji 1y ago
It was really close. Check out https://fulbright.org/status 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.

by jalk 1y 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.

esafak 1y ago

Exactly. If you like it, don't draw attention to it.

thomassmith65 1y 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.

ailef 1y ago
To me it seems out of step with US foreign policy.
- deleted 1y ago
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ModernMech 1y 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-board-resign-trump.html 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/2025/05/09/fulbright-hays-grants-canceled-year 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-educators-warns-students-wont-us-122250271 https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/association-international-ed...

CobrastanJorji 1y ago

It was really close. Check out https://fulbright.org/status 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.