The Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report on Wednesday endorsed¹ by dozens of other schools that proposes radical² changes to the way colleges evaluate prospective³ students.

哈佛大学教育学院在周三发布了一份受到很多其他学校支持的报告，即彻底改变大学对即将入学的大学生的评估方式。

The proposal has three specific recommendations to achieve this goal:

这份提议列出了达成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：比如对他人、对社区进行服务，或者参与公益事业。

2.Assessing students' ethical⁴ 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 elite⁵ 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。

The report also noted⁶ 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 wholesale⁷, 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”。