時差N小時:佩爾資助計劃 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.

"佩爾資助計劃"這個術(shù)語每年都被數(shù)百萬大學生和他們的家人所熟知。“佩爾資助計劃”無償為低收入或中等收入家庭出身的在校大學生提供學費補助。此外這項計劃還鼓勵低收入成年人重返校園，此舉促進了終身學習的觀念。

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)辦了美國最好的私立學校，并特別關(guān)注那些上學困難的低收入和中等收入家庭的大學生。

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60年代晚期，嬰兒潮一代進入大學校園，大學生人數(shù)激增，以學院為主的經(jīng)濟援助一下子緊張起來?？巳R本·佩爾把消除這個矛盾當作最重要的、該優(yōu)先考慮的事項。在1972年的《高等教育法案》的修正案中，他的擔憂得到解決。這項計劃的前身是“基本教育機會助學金”，在1980年國會將其改名為“佩爾資助計劃”，以紀念克萊本·佩爾所作出的貢獻。“佩爾資助計劃”資助了四分之一的大學生，現(xiàn)成為美國聯(lián)邦政府最大的資助計劃。