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Fulbright scholarships

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  1. Scholarships for the exchange of students and scholars between the United States and other nations, funded originally by the sale of United States military surplus after World War II. The program was conceived by Senator J. William Fulbright.


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Earlier this month, education minister nominee Kim In-chul also withdrew his candidacy amid allegations of favouritism related to his family members receiving Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

President Teresa Sullivan said in an interview last week, noting, as one example, that the university had a record number of students this year earn Fulbright scholarships.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2015

The 36 total Fulbright scholarships in 2010, 2011 and 2012 — more, university officials point out, than the total at Dartmouth or M.I.T.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2013

It called on the Institute of International Education, which administers the Fulbright scholarships, to help it identify 900 of the world’s top high schools, and then pressed the schools for their best students.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2010

Government's Fulbright scholarships is to help young Americans learn abroad what they can not quite learn at home.

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