特朗普政府取消招生種族配額制大綱
The Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging the use of race to determine admission to educational institutions, instead favoring a race-neutral policy that critics see as a move against affirmative action.
特朗普政府近日撤銷了奧巴馬時期通過的鼓勵將種族作爲高校錄取考量因素的指導方針，轉而支持“種族中立”政策，批評人士認爲此舉是在反對平權法案。
The shift gives colleges the federal government's blessing to leave race out of admissions and enrollment decisions, and underscores the contentious politics that for decades have surrounded affirmation action policies, which have repeatedly been challenged before the US Supreme Court.
這一政策不但使各大高校獲得了聯邦政府的庇佑，即招生錄取時可以不考慮種族因素，也凸顯了圍繞平權法案相關政策持續數十年的鬥爭政治。平權法案已多次遭遇美國最高法院的質疑。
The Obama administration memos encouraging schools to take race into account were among 24 policy documents revoked by the US Department of Justice for being "unnecessary, outdated".
這一奧巴馬時期的政策鼓勵高校在招生時將種族作爲考量因素，近日，該政策因爲“非必要且過時”而成爲被美國司法部取消的24個政策文件之一。
Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the changes an effort to restore the "rule of law," though civil rights groups decried the move and some universities said they intended to continue their diversity efforts as before.
司法部長傑夫·塞申斯稱這些變化是爲了恢復“法治”的努力，儘管民權組織譴責此舉，一些大學也表示他們打算像以前一樣繼續他們的多元化努力。
The action comes amid a high-profile court fight over Harvard University admissions that has attracted the government's attention.
這一行動是在一場備受矚目的哈佛大學錄取案件之後做出的，該案件已經引起了政府的注意。
The new policy dramatically departs from the stance of the Obama administration, which on multiple occasions said schools could consider race in admissions decisions and should do so to foster diversity.
這項新政策明顯偏離了奧巴馬政府的立場，在很多情況下，學校都可以考慮招生競賽，並且應該這樣做以培養多樣性。
The Trump administration's decisions brought government policy back to the George W. Bush administration guidances.
特朗普政府的這一決定，將讓政府政策迴歸到喬治.W.布什政府的指導方案。
The Trump administration did not formally reissue Bush-era guidance on race-based admissions, but, in recent days, officials did repost a Bush administration affirmative action policy document online.
特朗普政府沒有正式重新發布布什時代關於種族問題的入學指導方案，但最近幾天，政府官員確實在網上重新發布了布什政府的平權行動政策文件。
