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 发表:2002/12/24 8:42:46 人气:78       
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Tuition Discounts Increase in Popularity
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Hungry for the brightest students, many of the country's stronger universities are actively discounting tuition. And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money. The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so Ivy and other elite colleges that ban merit-based financial aid. Schools are also becoming more aggressive in promoting their discounts. At the DePauw University Website, enter an SAT or ACT score, gradepoint average and class rank, and a computer program immediately tells you what kind of " award". Only " the real unlucky" pay full price any more, says Kenneth Redd, director of research at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.About 76％ of first-year students got some form of discount this year at 331 private schools polled annually by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Average award per student: ＄ 7,000. At small schools with tuition under about ＄ 20,000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition revenue.
Carnegie Mellon even tells students it will " negotiate" and perhaps match financial-aid packages if kids are offered bigger awards at other schools. Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students. Public four-year colleges, too, are offering discounts.
The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure up to date. Mr. Redd says he found that universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that's true even among highly selective schools. " They get the students in the door, but don't have the services to keep them," he says.
因渴望得到最优秀的学生，美国很多较有实力的大学正在积极地实施学费打折。得到数目可观折扣的不是贫困学生，而是成绩较好的学生。这种做法极其普遍，除了禁止依据成绩颁发补助金的约30所常青藤名牌大学和另一些精英大学之外，其他学校都实行了这一做法。各大学在推销各自的折扣时，也变得更加积极。在德波大学的网址上键入学业能力倾向测验成绩(SAT)或美国大学测验成绩(ACT)，以及各科成绩的平均积分点(GPA)和在班级内的排名，计算机程序就能马上告知将给予何种"奖学金"。全国学生补助金管理人员联合会的研究负责人肯尼思·雷德说，只有"真正不幸的人"才仍旧要支付全额学费。在全国学院和大学事务人员联合会每年调查的331所私立大学中，大约有76％的一年级学生今年获得了某种形式的学费打折。每名学生的平均奖学金为7000美元。在学费少于2万美元左右的小型学校，平均折扣更高，有些学校甚至退还一半以上的学费。
卡内基-梅隆大学甚至告诉学生，如果他们在其他学校得到更高的奖学金，那么学校可以"讨价还价"，并有可能提供相等的一揽子补助金计划。差不多就像银行和保险公司向最好的客户提供特价一样，各个大学也向最优秀的学生提供最大优惠，就连公立的四年制大学也开始提供学费打折。
在学费上大打折扣的不利面是，用于改善教学项目和使学校的基础设施保持领先的资金减少了。雷德说，他发现大幅提高学费打折率的大学出现了毕业率降低的状况，就连在录取上非常挑剔的大学也是如此。他说："这些大学把学生招进来，却不能提供能留住学生的教学服务。"
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发表:2002/12/24 13:29:31