Flexibility--Key To Administering Fulbright-Hays Exchange Program

To promote understanding between the United States and other countries, the Government sponsors the Fulbright-Hays educational and cultural exchange programs. These include a two-way academic program and an international visitors program which brings government, business, media, and other leaders to the United States for short visits. Sharp funding reductions in the latter 1960's, coupled with the emphasis of maintaining the number of academic grants, resulted in cutbacks on orientation, allowances, grant periods, and followup in some countries. In February 1979, the President submitted to the Congress a plan to increase funding for the exchange program through 1983.