公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第14期:邁克爾·彭博哈佛大學2014畢業(yè)典禮演講(6)

In the 2012 presidential race, according to FederalElection Commission data 96 percent of all campaigncontributions from Ivy League faculty and employees

2年總統(tǒng)選舉中 根據(jù)聯(lián)邦選舉委員會數(shù)據(jù) 常春藤盟校教職員工有96%的捐贈

went to Barack Obama

都給了巴拉克·奧巴馬

Ninety-six percent There was more disagreementamong the old Soviet Politburo

96%前蘇聯(lián)政治局的差異

than there is among Ivy League donors

都比常春藤盟校捐贈者大

That statistic should give us pause

這一統(tǒng)計數(shù)字發(fā)人深思

and I say that as someone who endorsed President Obama for reelection

雖然我也支持奧巴馬總統(tǒng)的再次當選

because let me tell you, neither party has a monopoly on truth

但我認為任何派別都不應(yīng)當壟斷真理

or God on its side

或讓上帝總站在它那一邊

When 96 percent of Ivy League donors prefer one candidate to another

96%常春藤盟校捐贈者偏向于某一位候選人

you have to wonder whether students are being exposed to the diversity of views

這就不得不讓人懷疑 這些大學中的學生是否獲得了

that a great university should offer

他們應(yīng)當獲得的觀點多樣性

Diversity of gender, ethnicity, and orientation is important

性別 人種 取向多樣性都很重要

but a university cannot be great if its faculty is politically homogenous

但一所大學還應(yīng)當有政治多樣性 否則就稱不上偉大

In fact, the whole purpose of granting tenure to professors

實際上 為教授提供終生教職就是為了

is to ensure that they feel free to conduct research on ideas

保證他們能夠自由地進行研究

that run afoul of university politics and societal norms

而不用害怕研究主題同學校政治和社會規(guī)范不一致

When tenure was created

最初的終身教職

it mostly protected liberals whose ideas ran up against conservative norms

是為了保護同保守派規(guī)范相沖突的自由派思想

Today, if tenure is going to continue

而現(xiàn)在 終身教職如果要繼續(xù)存在

it must also protect conservatives whose ideas run up against liberal norms

就必須保護同自由派規(guī)范相沖突的保守派思想

Otherwise, university research and the professors who conduct it will lose credibility

否則 大學研究和進行研究的教授就會失去信譽

Great universities must not become predictably partisan

偉大的大學不應(yīng)當戴有黨派的有色眼鏡

And a liberal arts education must not be an education in the art of liberalism

教育不應(yīng)當成為自由主義的教育

The role of universities is not to promote an ideology

大學的角色不應(yīng)當是宣揚某一種意識形態(tài)

It is to provide scholars and students

而應(yīng)當是為學者和學生

with a neutral forum for researching and debating issues

提供問題研究和辯論的中立論壇

without tipping the scales in one direction or repressing unpopular views

不讓天平朝任何一個方向傾斜不抑制不受歡迎的觀點