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  2. United States cultural exchange programs - Wikipedia

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    Exchange programs played a vital role in official and unofficial relations between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. Examples of cultural exchange programs include student exchanges, sports exchanges, and scholarly or professional exchanges, among many others. While many exchange programs are funded by the government ...

  3. Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961 - Wikipedia

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    The Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961 is officially known as the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Pub. L. 87–256, 75 Stat. 527).It was marshalled by United States Senator J. William Fulbright (D-AR) and passed by the 87th United States Congress on September 16, 1961, the same month the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Peace Corps Act of 1961 were enacted.

  4. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - Wikipedia

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    In 1961, the 87th United States Congress passed the Fulbright-Hays Act (Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act) to establish a program to "strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations".

  5. Fulbright Program - Wikipedia

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    In 1945, Senator J. William Fulbright proposed a bill to use the proceeds from selling surplus U.S. government war property to fund international exchange between the U.S. and other countries. With the crucial timing of the aftermath of the Second World War and with the pressing establishment of the United Nations, the Fulbright Program was an ...

  6. International Visitor Leadership Program - Wikipedia

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    The exchange brings up to 5,000 professional emerging leaders from around the world to the United States each year for programs of up to three weeks. The program is nomination only by staff at U.S. Embassies. [1]

  7. Critical Language Scholarship Program - Wikipedia

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    The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a United States Department of State cultural and educational exchange program which offers approximately 500 [clarification needed] undergraduate or graduate level students from the United States the opportunity to participate in an intensive language study abroad.

  8. Congressional Caucus on International Exchange and Study

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    The U.S. Department of State's J-1 Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) annually engages nearly 300,000 future leaders from around the world and advances key U.S. foreign policy priorities – at virtually no cost to the American taxpayer. All of these exchange programs are privately funded and allow the U.S. to engage a wide variety of international ...

  9. Public diplomacy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    1948 – U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act signed by President Harry Truman. Also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, it is a charter addressing America's peacetime overseas information program. 1948 – Congress creates the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy – to advise and make recommendations on the conduct of public ...