Take for example public colleges and universities.

以公立学院和大学为例。

America depends on its public colleges and universities.

美国依靠其公立大学而强大。

During that time, the cost to attend public colleges rose 28 percent.

那段时间，读公立大学的费用上涨了28%。

At the same time, governments are investing less money in public colleges and universities.

与此同时，政府在公立高校方面的投资也在减少。

Meanwhile, the overall number of students declined by 7.8 percent at public two-year colleges and about 3.4 percent at public four-year colleges.

与此同时，公立两年制大学的学生总人数下降了7.8%，公立四年制大学的学生总数下降了约3.4%。

That public colleges can't give preferential treatment to people based on race, gender or where they are from.

公立大学不能基于种族、性别或国籍给予人们优惠待遇。

In 1998, voters in California approved a measure barring public colleges and universities from considering race in admitting students.

1998年，加州选民批准了一项措施，禁止公立学院和大学在招生时考虑种族因素。

In order to create more flexibility, many public colleges and universities are now asking for less government regulation and supervision.

为了创造更多的灵活性，许多公立学院和大学现在正要求减少政府的监管和监督。

For public colleges and universities, the rate is one-third.

对于公立学院和大学， 这个比例是三分之一。

Mostly we're talking about public colleges and universities.

大多数情况下，我们谈论的是公立学院和大学。

State subsidies for public colleges and universities have declined precipitously, and state funding represents an increasingly small share of the budget at public research universities.

各州对公立大学和大学的补贴急剧下降，公立研究型大学的拨款在州财政预算中所占比例越来越小。

By contrast, Colorado has 42 public four-year colleges and universities, with more than 23 times as many students currently enrolled in them as in Wyoming.

相比之下，科罗拉多州有 42 所公立四年制学院和大学，目前在校学生人数是怀俄明州的 23 倍多。

Many people believe that the marketplace has overtaken state government as the dominant external force shaping (and reshaping) American higher education, even for public colleges and universities.

许多人认为，市场已经超过了州政府，成为塑造（和重塑）美国高等教育的主导性外部力量，即使是公立学院和大学。

A student at a four-year public college may pay more than 8,500 dollars a year for classes and user fees, that does not include books and other materials.

在四年制公立学院就读的学生可能要支付8500美元或更多用于课程和学籍费，这还不包括课本等材料。

But over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four-year college has more than tripled. The average undergraduate student who borrows for college now graduates owing almost $30,000.

但过去的30年里，公立大学4年的平均学费涨了3倍多。贷款上学的本科生毕业时平均每个人都欠下3万美元的债务。

There are many public colleges and universities where the graduation rate – the percentage of students who actually finish their degree – is less than 50 percent.

许多公立学院和大学的毕业率——实际完成学位的学生的百分比——低于 50%。

He was a very talented football player, American football player, and he eventually played football for the University of Michigan – the public college or one of the public colleges in Michigan.

他是一位非常有天赋的橄榄球运动员， 美式橄榄球运动员，他最终为密歇根大学——一所公立大学或密歇根的一所公立大学踢了足球。

Well, the biggest reason is because states are cutting operating support for their public colleges and universities; 80 percent of public -- 80 percent of college students go to public institutions.

嗯，最大的原因是各州正在削减对其公立学院和大学的运营支持； 80%的公立——80%的大学生去公立院校。

Over the last two years, applications at Colby-Sawyer College, a small, quaint assemblage of red brick buildings surrounded by three mountains, fell about 10 percent, hurt by the pandemic and by competition from less expensive public colleges across the Northeast.

科尔比-索耶学院的校园三山环绕，是一个古雅的小型红砖建筑群。在过去两年里，受疫情影响，以及来自东北部学费较低的公立大学的竞争，该校的申请人数下降了约10%。

If you're from Minnesota and you travel to California to study and you want to study at a public college, you have to pay more money for tuition than someone who was born and raised in California.

如果你来自明尼苏达州， 然后前往加利福尼亚州学习， 并且想在公立大学学习，那么你必须支付比在加利福尼亚州出生和长大的人更多的学费。