教育部长盛赞亚利桑那州立大学，亚利桑那成第七个获批 workforce Pell 的州
亚利桑那州马里科帕县坦佩市消息，美国教育部长琳达·麦克马洪在亚利桑那州立大学发表讲话，称赞该校学费涨幅温和、信息透明，可作为全国高校的榜样。她在讲话中介绍了《美丽大法案》设立的 workforce Pell 项目，该项目支持短期职业培训，打破了只有传统四年制学位才算机会的旧观念。
麦克马洪宣布，亚利桑那州已成为第七个获得 workforce Pell 批准的州，皮马医学院的学生现可用佩尔助学金报读采血技术员课程。她还介绍了一项新的按专业计算的收入测试：若某专业毕业生收入不高于高中毕业生，相关院校将面临经济处罚。
麦克马洪表示，高校不能再随意涨价，必须重新评估专业、削减成本并提供真实价值。她说，特朗普政府倡导各种形式的卓越，对一些人是传统大学学位，对另一些人是在线课程、服役、社区学院或职业培训。
Education Secretary Praises Arizona State University as Arizona Becomes Seventh State Approved for Workforce Pell
TEMPE, Ariz. — U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, in a speech at Arizona State University, praised the university for its modest tuition increases and transparency, holding it up as a model for colleges nationwide. In the speech she described the Workforce Pell program created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which supports short-term job training and has shattered the old notion that opportunity exists only within a traditional four-year degree path.
McMahon announced that Arizona has become the seventh state to receive Workforce Pell approval, and that students at Pima Medical Institute can now use Pell dollars to enroll in phlebotomy technician programs. She also described a new earnings test calculated program by program: if a program's graduates do not earn more than high school graduates, the institution will face financial penalties.
McMahon said universities can no longer simply raise prices at will and must reassess their programs, cut costs and deliver real value. The Trump administration champions excellence in every form, she said — for some, a traditional college degree; for others, an online program, military service, community college or workforce training.
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