紐約開始提供免費的大學教育,但只給部分人大綱
Under a historic new budget written by governor Andrew Cuomo and approved by state lawmakers over the weekend, nearly one million families in the state of New York will now qualify for free tuition at the state’s public colleges, universities, and community colleges.
（紐約）州長安德魯·庫默提出一項新的預算法案，立法會議員週末同意將其列入國家預算，這意味着紐約有近100萬家庭現在獲得了免學費上紐約州的公辦大學、綜合類大學和其他社區大學的資格。The program—the first of its kind in the US, phasing in over the next three years, and costing New York an estimated $163 million—will cover any student who:
這樣的項目在美國史上實數首例，在未來三年開始逐步實行，大約花費紐約州達163萬美金的預算。符合如下條件的學生將從中獲益：comes from a household making $100,000 or less
家庭年收入少於10萬美金
meets certain class load and grade-point restrictions
符合特定課程和學分限制要求agrees to stay in New York state after graduation for the same number of years that they receive the financial support.
願意畢業後留在紐約，且願意逗留與他們接受此援助的年數相同的年數。
A bachelor’s degree from CUNY and SUNY, respectively, currently costs around $6,500 a year; community college tuition runs about $4,500.
要在紐約市立大學或紐約州立大學獲得學士學位，花費大約在每年6500美元，社區大學在4500美元。New York’s plan revives the free college concept that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders earnestly pushed during his US presidential campaign, and that fellow candidate Hillary Clinton later adopted as well. Many assumed the idea died with the election of Donald Trump—but Cuomo, with help from Sanders, has fought vigorously for several months for the plan to be rolled out in New York.
重提紐約州大學免費的這一主張是由民主黨候選人伯尼·桑德斯在參選總統時提出並大力主張的，其對手希拉裏克林頓後來也表示贊同。但是所有的設想隨着川普的上臺都銷聲匿跡了。但是庫默，有着桑德斯的支持，花了好幾個月的時間爲紐約州的這項預算能夠通過而努力。But with the amount of strain most American households are feeling from both soaring tuition and student loan debt these days, offering increased college affordability to middle-class and low-income families is not inconsequential. After all, not going to college has its own cost: The mighty majority of new jobs in the country are going to people with degrees.
隨着學費和學生貸款的瘋漲，很多家庭都力不從心，對於中低收入家庭來說學費的可承受是合理訴求。畢竟，許多國家的大部份新工作都需要學歷這個敲門磚，如果沒有學歷也是一種損失。
