美国名校贫困生面临的挑战(英文)

• 作 者: Maggie McGrath 陆久霖
• 出 处: 大学英语
• 发表日期: 2014年07期
• 关键词: income ticket Manhattan Budapest textbook getting college taboo minute interview

Shelling out1$300 for one chemistry textbook.Jetting off to Budapest2,Paris and Rome while studying abroad in Madrid.Grabbing a last-minute Amtrak3ticket to Manhattan for a job interview during senior year.For many students at America’slite colleges,these are as much a part of university life as pulling all-nighters4and complaining about dining hall food.But for low-income students,these are not only unaffordable luxuries,but part of a topic that can be more taboo5than sexual orientation:the size of their wallets.Much has been written about getting high-achieving6,low-income students through the Ivy-covered gates of America’s top colleges.And indeed,the focus on improving the economic diversity of college admissions is needed;a recent Brooking’s study found that just8%of low-income students applied to a“reach”school and just 34%of high-achieving

Shelling out1 $ 300 for one chemistry textbook.Jetting off to Budapest2, Paris and Rome while studying abroad in Madrid. Grabbing a last-minute Amtrak3ticket to Manhattan for a job interview during senior year .For many students at America’slite colleges, these are as much a part of university life as pulling all-nighters4and complaining about dining hall food.But for low-income students, these are not only unaffordable luxuries, but part of a topic that can be more taboo5than sexual orientation: the size of their wallets. Much has been written about getting high-achieving6, low-income students through the Ivy-covered gates of America’s top colleges. And indeed, the focus on improving the economic diversity of college admissions is needed; a recent Brooking’s study found that just8% of low-income students applied to a “reach ” school and just 34% of high-achieving