Fulbright Reality Czech

Tara Kolar Bryan is an  Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Together with her husband Ben and two daughters Juliana and Vivian, she spent the whole academic year of 2021/2022 in the Czech Republic, studying Czech NGOs as a Fulbright scholar hosted at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University in Brno. The preliminary findings from her research suggest that: "Czech NGOs are internally focused; that is, they prioritize the perspectives of staff and beneficiaries in decision-making... [and] provide a significant number of services and community support in the Czech Republic..." However, the Czech NGO sector struggles with lack of visibility and its reputation is: "not as positive as one would expect." On a personal level, Tara and her husband have enjoyed experiencing their international stay through their children's eyes. One of the favorite conversation topics in the family is where their da