Senator J. William Fulbright established the program in 1946, because he believed it was important for students and professors to move back and forth and have rich, intercultural experiences. President Truman accepted the program and believed that the program would facilitate mutual understanding, which would ultimately promote security and peace.
Now, over 65 years later, the Fulbright Program operates in over 185 different countries and 200,000 scholars have gone through the program.
The United States’ government takes the program very seriously. As budgets have been cut for other programs and initiatives, Congress continually votes to allot funds for the Fulbright Program because they believe in the benefits and long-term results of encouraging cross-cultural exchange. Overall, the Fulbright Program is directly related to the United States’ foreign policy, as it improves U.S. foreign relations.
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