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作為重新教育美國勞動力計劃的一部分，美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬制定目標(biāo)，要求聯(lián)邦政府在2020年之前幫助800萬大學(xué) 生畢業(yè)。奧巴馬在德克薩斯大學(xué) 發(fā)表講話時指出，他擔(dān)心美國大學(xué)畢業(yè)率的下滑將危害未來經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展?！昂翢o疑問，今天在教育方面超過我們的國家，明天將在競爭中淘汰我們，因此，教育就是一項(xiàng)經(jīng)濟(jì)問題?！眾W巴馬表示，在年輕人當(dāng)中，美國的大學(xué)畢業(yè)率之前排名全球之首，但現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)掉到12位。他指出，這讓人“難以接受”，但并非“無可挽回”。奧巴馬對他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府在提高畢業(yè)率方面的努力進(jìn)行了吹捧，包括改革學(xué)生貸款計劃，為社區(qū)學(xué)院和大學(xué)重新劃撥600億美元補(bǔ)貼資金。他還表示，美國政府也已經(jīng)通過廢除冗余和間或不必要的問題提高了大學(xué)生申請資金幫助的效率，其中許多措施都已經(jīng)付諸實(shí)施。 <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
He touched on his innovative efforts to challenge states to live up to their potential in K-12 education through Race to the Top, then spoke passionately about higher education:
And this isn”t some abstract policy for me. I understand this personally, because Michelle and I, we had big loans to pay off when we graduated. I remember what that felt like, especially early in your career where you don”t make much money and you”re sending all those checks to all those companies. And that”s why I'm absolutely committed to making sure that here in America, nobody is denied a college education, nobody is denied a chance to pursue their dreams, nobody is denied a chance to make the most of their lives just because they can”t afford it. We are a better country than that, and we need to act like we”re a better country than that.
He spoke about the landmark reforms of student loans passed earlier this year that will cut out big banks as middlemen and redirect those resources to our students:
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So as a result, instead of handing over $60 billion in subsidies to big banks and financial institutions over the next decade, we”re redirecting that money to you, to make college more affordable for nearly 8 million students and families across this country. Eight million students will get more help from financial aid because of these changes.
He spoke about Pell Grants, which so many students have come to rely on:
We”re tripling how much we”re investing in the largest college tax credit for our middle-class families. And thanks to Austin”s own Lloyd Doggett that tax credit is now worth $2,500 a year for two years of college. And we want to make it permanent so it”s worth $10,000 over four years of college -- $10,000.
And finally, he spoke about lifting graduation rates:
Over a third of America”s college students and over half of our minority students don”t earn a degree, even after six years. So we don”t just need to open the doors of college to more Americans; we need to make sure they stick with it through graduation. That is critical. <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNifoRm.Html>蘇州初中語文補(bǔ)習(xí)</a>
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Austin! (Applause.) Hello, Longhorns! (Applause.) It is good to be back. It is good to be back.
THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Applause.) I love Austin. Love Austin. I remember-- by the way, anybody who”s got a seat, feel free to take a seat. (Laughter.) I remember paying you a visit during the campaign. (Applause.) Mack Brown gave me a tour of the stadium, along with Colt and a couple other guys. And I got a photo with the Heisman. (Laughter.) I rubbed the locker room”s Longhorns for good luck. (Applause.) And I'm just saying, it might have had something to do with how the election turned out. (Applause.) There might be a connection there.
I also remember the first time that I came to Austin on the campaign. And there are a number of friends who are here who have been great supporters; I want to make mention of them. Representative Lloyd Doggett is here, a great friend. (Applause.) Senator Kirk Watson is here. (Applause.) Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee is here. (Applause.) Mayor Leffingwell is here. (Applause.) And your own president, Bill Powers, is in the house. (Applause.)
But this is back in 2007, February 2007. It was just two weeks after I had announced my candidacy. I know it”s hard to believe, but it”s true -- my hair was not gray back then. (Laughter.) Not many people thought I had much of a shot at the White House. (Applause.) Let me put it this way, a lot of folks in Washington didn't think I had a shot at the White House. (Laughter.) A lot of people couldn”t pronounce my name. (Laughter.) They were still calling me Alabama or Yo” Mama -- that was -- (laughter.)
So then I come to Austin, this was back in February of 2007. And it was a drizzly day, and that usually tamps down turnout. But when I got to the rally over at Auditorium Shores there was a crowd of over 20,000 people –- 20,000 people. (Applause.) It was people of all ages and all races and all walks of life.
And I said that day, all these people, they hadn”t gathered just for me. You were there because you were hungry to see some fundamental change in America -- (applause) -- because you believed in an America where all of us -- not just some of us, but all of us -- no matter what we look like, no matter where we come from, all of us can reach for our dreams. All of us can make of our lives what we will; that we can determine our own destiny. And that”s what we”ve been fighting for over the past 18 months.
I said then that we”d end the Iraq war as swiftly and as responsibly as possible –- and that is a promise that we are keeping. This month we will end combat operations in Iraq. (Applause.)
《教育是時代的經(jīng)濟(jì)問題》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
