The arHvard Graduate School of Education released a report on Wednesday endorsed by dozens of other schools that proposes radical changes to the way colleges evaluate prospective students.

　　哈佛大学教育学院在周三发布了一份报告，很多其他学校都支持这份报告，即彻底改变大学对即将入学的大学生的评估方式。

　　The proposal seeks to make college admissions less of a rat race that favors well-off students, and it has three specific recommendations to achieve this goal:

　　这份提议旨在使升学考试不再是那种，喜欢富裕学生的激烈竞赛，而且提议列出了达到这一目标的三点具体建议：

　　1.Promoting more meaningful contributions to others, community service, and engagement with the public good.

　　1.要求学生做一些更有意义的贡献：比如对别人、对社区服务，或者参与公益事业。

　　2.Assessing students’ ethical engagement and contributions to others in ways that reflect varying types of family and community contributions across race, culture, and class.

　　2.评估学生的道德参与以及对其他人的贡献：跨越种族、文化和阶级的反映不同类型的家庭和社区贡献。

　　3.Redefining achievement in ways that level the playing field for economically diverse students and reduce excessive achievement pressure.

　　3.重新定义成功：为不同经济实力的学生提供公平的竞争环境，减少为获得过多成就带来的压力。

　　Despite colleges’ efforts to have diverse student bodies, students from poor families are still rare on the campuses of elite colleges in America, as Inside Higher Ed has reported.

　　正如如高校内部人士所说，尽管高校为拥有多样化的学生主体而努力，但是美国的名牌大学里，来自贫困家庭的学生依然寥寥无几。

　　Admissions departments’ focus on test scores, AP/IB classes, and superficial extracurriculars doesn’t help underprivileged students, according to the Harvard report released on Wednesday. Rather, community involvement — whether that be a service project or caring for your family — should be emphasized in the application process.

　　根据哈佛在周三发布的这份报告来看，学校的招生部门焦点在于分数和大学先修课程或国际文凭，而且肤浅的课外活动对贫困生并没有什么帮助。但是，社会参与则不一样——无论它是一项服务项目还是关心家人——都应该在申请程序中得到强调。

　　Giving students clear opportunities to report their contributions to their families on their college applications — whether that involves working outside the house, watching over younger siblings, or taking on major household chores — can help underprivileged students, who may not be able to participate in the expensive sports or international trips that often determine elite-college admissions.

　　给学生明确的机会，让他们在申请书上呈现自己对家庭的贡献——无论这些贡献是户外活动、照看弟弟妹妹或者承担主要的家务——都可以帮助贫困生，因为他们可能没有能力参与名牌大学招生看中的那些昂贵的运动项目或者国际旅行当中。

　　The report also noted that community service should be "meaningful" and "sustained" rather than an activity that students participate in to boost their chances of getting accepted into college.

　　这份报告还提到，社区服务应该是“有意义的”“持续的”，而不是学生为了被大学录取而参与的一项活动。

　　While the Harvard report admits that admissions departments are unlikely to take its recommendations wholesale, it does hope to "create a healthier balance in young people between their self-concerns and their investment in others and the larger world."

　　然而，哈佛大学的这份报告也坦承，招生部门很可能不会完全采纳这些建议，只是希望“年轻人能够在他们的一己之利和自己对他人乃至对更大世界的贡献之间，创造一种更健康的平衡”。