Entire Fulbright Scholarship board quits, citing Trump admin actions

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All members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced their resignation on Wednesday, releasing a statement accusing President Donald Trump's administration of political interference in the prestigious exchange program.

The 12-member board alleged the Trump administration "usurped the authority of the Board" by denying Fulbright awards to "a substantial number of individuals" who were selected for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The board also alleged the administration is currently "subjecting" an additional 1,200 international Fulbright recipients to "an unauthorized review process and could reject more."

"We believe these actions not only contradict the statute but are antithetical to the Fulbright mission and the values, including free speech and academic freedom, that Congress specified in the statute," the board said in its statement.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/entire-fulbright-scholarship-board-quits-citing-trump-admin/story?id=122742130


Academic excellenc and the MAGA movement do NOT go together!

[BOSSHOG]

1. Senator Fulbright, an honorable man

Something trump knows nothing of. Trump touched the Fulbright Scholarship. He knows nothing of governess or leadership.

[orangecrush]

2. BRAVO

Time to get loud and in the face of MAGA.

[DURHAM D]

3. I have a realative who was an early Fulbright.

She came here in 1946 from Austria and married my cousin soon thereafter.

[Initech]

4. We can't have nice things in this country anymore.

Fuck Trump and everyone who voted for this shit.

[bluedigger]

5. Probably not enough Russians.