All 12 members of the Fulbright program’s board, tasked with administering the prestigious scholarship to Americans and foreigners to continue their educational studies, resigned on Wednesday night. They voiced concerns that the Trump administration is undermining and compromising the program’s objectives.

“Our resignation is not a decision we take lightly,” the board said in a post to Substack. “But to continue to serve after the Administration has consistently ignored the Board’s request that they follow the law would risk legitimizing actions we believe are unlawful and damage the integrity of this storied program and America’s credibility abroad. Indeed, the erosion of the Fulbright program weakens America and our national security interests.”