The US flagship international educational exchange program, the Fulbright Program, has celebrated it 75th anniversary in Washington DC.

The US education sector celebrated international students, international education sector and exchange this week during International Education Week, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying that nurturing a vibrant international student community is a "foreign policy imperative".

Afghan students who are semi-finalists for the Fulbright Scholar Program have been waiting as long as six months for an update on their application.

A move to terminate the US Fulbright exchange program in China and Hong Kong has unearthed fresh concerns around the future of student mobility under the Trump administration.

RUN Fulbright Scholar Award recipients from the US will undertake regionally-relevant research at Regional Universities Network institutions in Australia.

Fulbright is about giving people the resources to strengthen their communities, to build their countries and to build a network of friendships

Leaders of Fulbright's Austrian-American Educational Commission have issued a call to arms to oppose an "unprecedented and gigantic" USD$30 million cut to the Fulbright Program in the Obama administration's Federal Budget Proposal.

With prosperity eluding the majority in Palestine, overseas study remains a luxury available to the very few. Demand is there, however, and foreign schools keen to boost diversity are starting to visit. Daniel Thomas explores the barriers facing a student market that could one day blossom.