Fulbright applicants, fellowships expected to rise at Lehigh

The Fulbright Commission sends about 1,000 college graduates to 140 countries each year, he added.
There are two types of Fulbright Programs. The first is a more traditional program, which allows selected applicants to obtain their masters or do research in a foreign country. In the second type of program, those selected go to a foreign country and teach English at the high school or college level.
The program was set up by Senator J. William Fulbright after World War II in an attempt to expose American scholars to a global education, Aronson said. Now, the grant program promotes an exchange of faculty and students.
Because there are only a limited number of grants per country, the increase in candidates nationwide is likely to make the process more competitive for all applicants, especially those who apply to countries that are in high demand, like Japan, Israel and Western Europe.
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