These Colleges Encourage Their Students to Seek Fulbrights. Here’s How It Pays Off.

Robert Saxe, an associate professor of history at Rhodes College, relies heavily on his colleagues in offices like career services in his role as the Fulbright adviser. The liberal-arts college in Memphis has posted some of the biggest gains in Fulbright’s baccalaureate category during the past four years, with 11 students winning fellowships this year, compared with three in 2018-19.