The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program have resigned over what they describe as political interference by Trump aides. The New York Times reported the entire board’s resignation, which was confirmed by the board on Substack.
The program promotes international educational exchanges, and they had much to say on Substack.
“It is our sincere hope that Congress, the courts, and future Fulbright Boards will prevent the administration’s efforts to degrade, dismantle, or even eliminate one of our nation’s most respected and valuable programs,” they write. “Injecting politics and ideological mandates into the Fulbright program violates the letter and spirit of the law that Congress so wisely established nearly eight decades ago.”
Via the New York Times:
The members are concerned that political appointees at the State Department, which manages the program, are acting illegally by canceling the awarding of Fulbright scholarships to almost 200 American professors and researchers who are prepared to go to universities and other research institutions overseas starting this summer, said the people, including Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire.
