特别广播英语第 215 课：Changes to Come in U. S. Education 美国教育将要发生的变化-2

Instead, the battle cry for the '90s will be the demand for performance and accountability. 相反，90年代的强烈呼声将是要求工作表现和能够承担责任。

For 30 years, employers have been hiring graduates for their degrees rather than their abilities; employment, pay and often even promotion have depended on one's diploma. 30年来，雇主们雇佣毕业生是因为其学历而不是看其能力；职业、薪水、甚至提升一直依赖文凭。

Now many major employers are beginning to demand more than the completion of school. 现在许多大的雇主已经开始不仅仅注重学历了。

Some of the major banks, for example, are studying the possibility of entrance examinations that would test the knowledge and abilities of graduates applying for jobs. 例如，一些大银行正在研究进行入行考试的可能性，以此来测试求职者的毕业生的知识和能力。

Students and parents, too, will demand greater accountability from schools, on all levels. 学生和家长们也将在各个层次对学校的责任提出更高的要求。

It will be increasingly common to go to law against school districts and colleges for awarding degrees without imparting the skills that are supposed to go along with them. 因为学区和学院只授予学位而不传授必要技术而诉诸于法律的事将越来越普遍。

And many young people are already switching to practical "hard" subjects. 许多年轻人已经开始转向具有实用性的、"过硬的"学科

Caring little about the so-called "youth culture" and the media, they have been shifting from psychology into medicine, from sociology into accounting and from black studies into computer programming. 。他们不大关心所谓的"青年文化"和媒介，已经在从心理学转向医学，从社会学转向会计学，从黑人研究转向计算机程序设计，

Demand for education is actually going up, not down. What is going down, and fairly fast, is demand for traditional education in traditional schools. 对教育的要求实际上正在提高，而不是下降。正在下降，而且争剧下降的是传统学校中对传统教育的要求。

Indeed, the fastest growing industry in America today may be the continuing professional education of highly schooled adults.实际上，当今美国增长最快的行业可能是对受过不少教育的成年人的继续职业教育。