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Pictured: Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Ramina Abilova delivers a lecture, supported by an Outreach Lecturing Fund award (Swarthmore, 2018). https://www.swarthmore.edu/sponsored-programs/fulbright-scholar-program
Fulbright-Hays.pdfMutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act was the final groundwork of the program which remains as the basic charter for all federally funded educational and cultural exchanges today.
Signed and enacted into law by President John F. Kennedy, the purpose of this legislation is “to strengthen the ties between the U.S. with other nations by demonstrating educational as well as cultural interests, developments, and achievements. (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, n.d.).”
By 1971, there was some form of academic exchange with 100 countries.
Today, Fulbright operates in over 155 countries in all world regions.
Public Record for Transparency
Public Record for Transparency
The U.S. Fulbright Scholar Grantee Directories list American scholars who received Fulbright awards for teaching and advanced research abroad from 1948 to 2002. There is a separate list of international scholars from 1962 to 1994.
The descriptive information for each scholar is arranged according to field of specialization and detination countries. Scholars are also listed alphabetically, by home state, and by the host country in the indices.
The U.S. Fulbright Scholar Grantee Directory at first glance may appear rather dry and bureaucratic. We can learn a lot, however, from these kinds of sources. The names, for example, suggest that most of the funded scholars were male.
Comparing names over time can lead to an understanding of international teaching and research opportunities for faculty over time.
What can we learn from this list about international teaching and research opportunities for faculty - especially those that are not White or male? What U.S. institutions are represented? Which countries are included?
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