espectively.The Fulbright Program is also credited for shaping the higher education institutions especially in the Third World countries. It is reported that there were only 81 universities outside North America and Europe and the beginning of the twentieth century and that by 1985 there were more than 1500 universities in the Third World (Ilchman & Ilchman, 1987). These authors argue that the Fulbright Program has helped to educate a significant portion of the academic personnel that staffed these universities.VI. ConclusionSenator Fulbright stated on several occasions that he saw the Fulbright Act of 1946, and the Fulbright Program as his biggest accomplishment in his career. Over the years the many achievements of Fulbrighters have helped fulfill Senator Fulbrights dream of building an international understanding among the Nations. As of 1996, 1996 5 Fulbrighters had become Heads of State for foreign governments, and 17 had won Nobel Prizes.With over 250,000 Fulbrigthers that benefited from the program and millions of other students who were educated by them, the program clearly had a significant impact on not only United States but several other countries higher education systems. As quoted in the Fulbright at Fifty Report, the renowned historian Arnold Toynbee once said the Fulbright Program is: one of the really generous and imaginative things that have been done in the world since World War II. (Fulbright at Fifty, p.2)...
