For decades, Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs have enabled students, scholars, and educators to develop the language proficiency, regional expertise, and international partnerships that underpin teaching, research, and American ingenuity. The Department of Education’s July 2026 proposal threatens all of that. AHA director of communications and public affairs Alexandra Levy, director of teaching and learning Brendan Gillis, and executive director Sarah Weicksel wrote an article for The Scholarly Kitchen outlining the dangers of the proposal, which would completely rescind the regulations that govern these programs.
“The Department’s proposal represents far more than an effort to streamline outdated rules or reduce administrative burden. In many cases, the regulations targeted for elimination are not procedural red tape; they are the only legally binding requirements that ensure applications are evaluated on their scholarly merits and informed by expert academic review,” they wrote. “Removing those protections would make future funding opportunities subject to change at the discretion of each presidential administration, weakening the transparency, consistency, and credibility that have long characterized these nationally significant programs.”
Read the full article at The Scholarly Kitchen.