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Advocacy & Public Policy, Departments & Institutions, Federal Government, Funding for History, History Education
The AHA has signed on to a letter from the Coalition for International Education (CIE) calling for the Department of Education to continue to fund Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs offering grants for international educational exchange. The Department of Education requested these programs be defunded in their FY2026 appropriations request, and on September 10, it informed all Title VI noncompeting continuation grantees that their FY2025 funding was repurposed for other unrelated programs. The letter asks that the FY2025 funds be restored, and that these programs be funded at the appropriated FY2025 levels for the coming fiscal year. “These programs in fact are in the best interest of the Federal Government, significantly advance American interests and values, and contribute to U.S. global leadership,” the letter says. “Comprehensive global and regional expertise is now more crucial than ever for our nation’s well-being today and in the future. Discontinuing funding undermines long-standing national security imperatives, putting America’s strength and competitiveness at risk.”