哈佛大學出臺全新入學政策
The Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report on Wednesday endorsed by dozens of other schools that proposes radical changes to the way colleges evaluate prospective students.
哈佛大學教育學院在週三發佈了一份受到很多其他學校支持的報告，即徹底改變大學對即將入學的大學生的評估方式。The proposal has three specific recommendations to achieve this goal:
這份提議列出了達成這一目標的三點具體建議：oting more meaningful contributions to others, community service, and engagement with the public good.
1.要求學生做一些更有意義的貢獻：比如對他人、對社區進行服務，或者參與公益事業。
ssing students' ethical engagement and contributions to others in ways that reflect varying types of family and community contributions across race, culture, and class.
2.評估學生的道德參與以及對其他人的貢獻：跨越種族、文化和階級的反映不同類型的家庭和社區貢獻。fining achievement in ways that level the playing field for economically diverse students and reduce excessive achievement pressure.
3.重新定義成功：爲不同經濟實力的學生提供公平的競爭環境，減少爲獲得過多成就帶來的壓力。
Despite colleges' efforts to have diverse student bodies, students from poor families are still rare on the campuses of elite colleges in America, as Inside Higher Ed has reported.
正如如高校內部人士所說，儘管高校爲擁有多樣化的學生主體而努力，但是美國的名牌大學裏，來自貧困家庭的學生依然寥寥無幾。The report also noted that community service should be "meaningful" and "sustained" rather than an activity that students participate in to boost their chances of getting accepted into college.
這份報告還提到，社區服務應該是“有意義的、持續的”，而不是學生爲了被大學錄取而參與的一項活動。While the Harvard report admits that admissions departments are unlikely to take its recommendations wholesale, it does hope to "create a healthier balance in young people between their self-concerns and their investment in others and the larger world."
然而，哈佛大學的這份報告也坦承，招生部門很可能不會完全採納這些建議，只是希望“年輕人能夠在他們的一己之利和自己對他人乃至對更大世界的貢獻之間，創造一種更健康的平衡”。
