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Fulbright Scholar Program, Opportunity for Engineering Management Faculty

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The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 US faculty and professionals each year to approximately 140 countries within a large range of disciplines. Even though most of these opportunities are focused in arts and sciences, there are still opportunities available for Engineering Management faculty. Our opportunities are enhanced compared to other engineering disciplines since we can apply for grants both in engineering and business schools. In addition, the broad nature of the Engineering Management discipline provides ample scope to find valuable experiences for all the stakeholders.

This paper describes the Fulbright Scholar Program and the applicability to Engineering Management faculty. It describes how the selections are made and how faculty can enhance their probability for acceptance. It then describes a successful strategy that I followed to: 1) investigate the opportunities within the Fulbright Program, 2) negotiate with the local dean to shape the program description to provide a valuable and fulfilling agenda for both the college and me, and 3) the resulting experience in Oman. I taught one class and was utilized by the school as an external consultant. I facilitated numerous faculty meetings exercising a new strategy that utilized faculty participation and developed a strategic planning document based on those interactions. In addition, I helped them to start planning for an international conference that they want to sponsor. My experience at the Modern College of Business and Science in Muscat, Oman offered a valuable, safe and interesting break that provided an excellent reference frame to better understand what we do and how we generate value.

The Fulbright Program

For more than 55 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Legislation to establish the Fulbright Program was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and signed into law in 1946. In the aftermath of World War II, Fulbright viewed the program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting “mutual understand between the people of the United States and the people of other counties of the world”. Founded in 1947, CIES is a private non-profit organization. It is a division of the Institute of International Education (IIE). CIES works with a network of bi-national Fulbright Commissions in 51 countries and 90 U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, as well as international universities and higher education associations.

The day-to-day work of CIES is carried out by 57 program officers and staff organized by world region. A six-person external relations unit assists program officers with recruitment and works with U.S. colleges and universities, professional and scholarly

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Nystrom, H. (2006, June), Fulbright Scholar Program, An Opportunity For Engineering Management Faculty Paper presented at 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 10.18260/1-2--407