Funding Frozen for International Exchanges, Students in Limbo

 The Washington Post published on 11 March 2025 an article titled "Funding Freeze Leaves Fulbright and Study-abroad Scholars Stranded" by Olivia George.

The State Department froze funding for long-standing international exchange and study-abroad programs, including the famous Fulbright Program.  Consequently, persons in these programs overseas are being stranded pending clarification of the funding.  More than 7,400 people from around the world hosted by programs in the United States face the same dilemma.

African Students Forsake US for China

Foreign Policy posted on 2 October 2018 an article titled "Forget Stanford, Tsinghua Beckons: America Is Losing African and Asian Students to China" by Cheng Li and Charlotte Yang, MA candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Since 2014, the total enrollment of African students in China has surpassed that of the United States. The Fulbright Program, a hallmark of U.S. cultural diplomacy since 1946 has faced calls for funding cuts since the Obama administration. In the meantime, China has employed a number of policy tools to promote higher education, with a special focus on attracting students from Africa and Asia.