時(shí)差N小時(shí):佩爾資助計(jì)劃 Pell Grant

The term “Pell Grant” becomes very familiar tomillions of college-age students and their familiesevery year. Pell Grants assist undergraduate low-and middle-income college students with tuitionassistance grants that do not have to be repaid. Inaddition, the program encourages low-incomeadults to return to school and in doing so, promoteslife-long learning.

"佩爾資助計(jì)劃"這個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)每年都被數(shù)百萬(wàn)大學(xué)生和他們的家人所熟知。“佩爾資助計(jì)劃”無(wú)償為低收入或中等收入家庭出身的在校大學(xué)生提供學(xué)費(fèi)補(bǔ)助。此外這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃還鼓勵(lì)低收入成年人重返校園，此舉促進(jìn)了終身學(xué)習(xí)的觀念。

The primary sponsor of the Pell Grant program was Rhode Island Senator, Claiborne Pell, whoserved in the Senate for 36 years. Himself — the product of the nation's finest private schools—Senator Pell took a particular interest the problems that many low-and middle-incomestudents were having in affording college.

“佩爾資助計(jì)劃”的主要贊助人是羅德島的參議員克萊本·佩爾，他在參議院就職了36年。佩爾本人創(chuàng)辦了美國(guó)最好的私立學(xué)校，并特別關(guān)注那些上學(xué)困難的低收入和中等收入家庭的大學(xué)生。

As the Baby-Boom Generation entered college in the late 1960s, the college populationswelled—straining college-based financial aid. Eliminating these barriers became an importantpriority for Claiborne Pell. His concerns were addressed by amendments in 1972 to the HigherEducation Act. Originially known as Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, Congress renamedthem Pell Grants in 1980, to honor the efforts of Claiborne Pell in creating them. Assisting onein every four undergraduates, the Pell Grant Program is now the federal government's largestgrant program.

20世紀(jì)60年代晚期，嬰兒潮一代進(jìn)入大學(xué)校園，大學(xué)生人數(shù)激增，以學(xué)院為主的經(jīng)濟(jì)援助一下子緊張起來(lái)?？巳R本·佩爾把消除這個(gè)矛盾當(dāng)作最重要的、該優(yōu)先考慮的事項(xiàng)。在1972年的《高等教育法案》的修正案中，他的擔(dān)憂(yōu)得到解決。這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃的前身是“基本教育機(jī)會(huì)助學(xué)金”，在1980年國(guó)會(huì)將其改名為“佩爾資助計(jì)劃”，以紀(jì)念克萊本·佩爾所作出的貢獻(xiàn)。“佩爾資助計(jì)劃”資助了四分之一的大學(xué)生，現(xiàn)成為美國(guó)聯(lián)邦政府最大的資助計(jì)劃。