Fulbright Emphasizes Diversity Among Its Fellows

By BETH MCMURTRIE

Program seeks more applicants from community colleges and other nontraditional sources

The Fulbright Program is one of the most successful fellowship programs around. About 1,500 students and 1,300 scholars from the United States and abroad are studying and working on Fulbrights this academic year.

Started in 1946, the international academic-exchange program offers grants that are awarded by binational Fulbright commissions and financed by the U.S. government and the government