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Promoting International Interest
Cooper, Kenneth J.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v25 n10 p14-15 Jun 2008
Which historically Black college or university has produced the most students to receive a prestigious Fulbright award? Howard? Hampton? Morehouse? Spelman? This paper reports that the all-time leader in Fulbright Student awards is not an elite private school, but a public university whose performance in landing students in the international exchange program may surprise many in higher education: Morgan State University. The public university in Baltimore has produced more Fulbright Students than any other HBCU, according to the U.S. Department of State, which sponsors the program. Morgan State puts its current total at 120. It sent its first Fulbright Student abroad in 1951, five years after the international exchange of students and scholars began as a way to promote international understanding. Besides Morgan State, Howard and Spelman, the seven other HBCUs to produce Fulbright Students from 1995 through 2008 are: Claflin University, Florida A&M University, Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.), Lincoln University (Pa.), Morehouse College (Ga.), North Carolina Central University and Xavier University of Louisiana.
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Black Colleges, International Educational Exchange, Student Exchange Programs, Study Abroad, International Cooperation, Cultural Awareness
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