Another revision of the binational agreement results in the Korean government electing to finance the Fulbright Program in Korea in partnership with the U.S. The USEC/K is renamed the Korean-American Educational Commission (KAEC) in recognition of the truly binational nature of the Commission and Fulbright Program in Korea.
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Revision of Binational Agreement
In accordance with the Fulbright-Hays Act signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the Korean and U.S. governments revise the binational agreement.
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Selection of the First Korean Grantees to the U.S.
168 applications were submitted by Korean scholars hoping to pursue a college degree in the United States. Twenty-seven were recommended to the board, and a total of 11 candidates and alternates were selected as the first Korean Fulbright grantees. The photo shows the departure of Jin Young Choi, the youngest female grantee selected among the first Korean grantees to the U.S.
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Arrival of the First American Grantee to Korea
Dr. Belle Boone Beard of Sweet Briar College arrives as a visiting scholar at Seoul National University and Seoul Women’s University, becoming the first American Fulbright grantee to Korea. The photo shows the American Fulbright scholars and their families who arrived in Korea during the 1963-1964 academic year.
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Establishment of the U.S. Educational Commission in Korea
With the reenactment of the Fulbright agreement in the wake of the Korean War, the U.S. Educational Commission in Korea (USEC/K) is established with its headquarters inside the cultural affairs office of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.
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Establishment of the Original Binational Agreement
In accordance with the Fulbright Act signed by President Truman in 1946, a unified Korea becomes one of the first twenty countries in the world to establish a Fulbright agreement for the financing of educational exchange with the United States, with funding initially provided almost solely by the U.S. government.