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Send in the...Scholars?: The History of the Fulbright Program from 1961-1970

Smith, William S., II
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1305116307

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
This study examines the creation and implementation of the 1961 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the Fulbright program as it was implemented as part of U.S. foreign policy from 1961-1970. It looks at the ways in which educational exchanges were used in U.S. foreign policy to meet Cold War pressures and restore the U.S. image abroad, and investigates the means in which short- term political goals disrupted policies that required time to fully develop. Throughout the 1960s, there were many attempts to reorganize and coordinate educational and cultural activities, but the different views on the purpose of these activities kept at bay any type of effort to consolidate them into one Bureau. I argue that policymaker’s inability to come to a solid consensus on the purpose for educational and cultural exchange stunted the development of the Fulbright program and significantly contributed to its large budget reduction in 1970. Overall, this is the historical account of a period when the U.S. took multi-faceted approaches to public diplomacy and went to great lengths to branch out with international person-to- person exchanges.
Amilcar Challu, PhD (Committee Chair)
Stephen Ortiz, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Vibha Bhalla, PhD (Committee Member)
104 p.
Adult Education; American History; American Studies; Education; Education History; Education Policy; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; History; International Relations; Latin American History; Latin American Studies; Political Science
Fulbright; Fulbright program; history; educational and cultural exchange; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; USIA; United States Information Agency; Public Diplomacy; Kennedy era; 1961 Fulbright-Hays Act;

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  • Smith, II, W. S. (2011). Send in the...Scholars?: The History of the Fulbright Program from 1961-1970 [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1305116307

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, II, William. Send in the...Scholars?: The History of the Fulbright Program from 1961-1970. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1305116307.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, II, William. "Send in the...Scholars?: The History of the Fulbright Program from 1961-1970." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1305116307

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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