教育部长McMahon在范德堡大学发表「下一个250年」系列收官演讲：吁高校恢复择优、取消意识形态审查
美国教育部长 Linda McMahon 于10月28日在田纳西州 Nashville 的范德堡大学（Vanderbilt University）发表演讲，这是她「下一个250年：美国教育」（The Next 250: American Education）四场系列演讲的第四场、也是收官一场，主题是恢复公众对高等教育的信任。
McMahon 在演讲中呼吁高校恢复择优标准，取消招聘与招生中的意识形态审查，促进校园思想多样性，并称联邦政府的问责议程已在推动高等教育出现积极变化。
她特别表扬范德堡大学带头改革，包括该校发布的《第一原则宣言》（Declaration of First Principles）：承诺投身开创性研究、教导学生「如何思考」而不是「思考什么」，并确保教育与研究服务于国家利益。
McMahon 在演讲中说：「2024年是美国的一个转折点——也是高等教育的一个转折点。最刺眼的机构衰败浮上表面，迫使人们清算，回到那些支撑了几个世纪学术活力的基本标准。」她还说：「一股改革浪潮终于席卷我们的校园……我选择来到范德堡，因为它正是这场复兴的全国典范。」她同时表扬校长 Daniel Diermeier 带领学校重拾真实、机构中立与开放探究的传统。
这一系列演讲旨在总结特朗普政府在学前与中小学教育、职业教育与高等教育方面的政策，并阐述对未来250年美国教育的愿景。
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Secretary McMahon Delivers Final 'Next 250' Speech at Vanderbilt, Urging Colleges to Restore Merit and Public Trust
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon delivered remarks at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 28 — the fourth and final speech in her 'The Next 250: American Education' series — on the Trump Administration's efforts to restore public trust in higher education.
McMahon called on colleges and universities to restore merit, remove ideological litmus tests from hiring and admissions, and promote intellectual diversity, saying the Administration's accountability agenda is already driving positive change.
She commended Vanderbilt for leading bold reforms, particularly its Declaration of First Principles, which commits the university to pathbreaking research, teaching students how to think rather than what to think, and ensuring education and research support the national interest.
"2024 was a turning point for America — and for higher education. The most vivid examples of institutional decay rising to the surface compelled a reckoning, a return to the basic standards that powered centuries of academic vitality," McMahon said. "A tide of reform is finally washing over our campuses... I have chosen to come to Vanderbilt because it stands as a national example of this renewal." She also praised Chancellor Daniel Diermeier's leadership in reclaiming truth, institutional neutrality and open inquiry.
The four-part series highlights the Administration's K-12, workforce and higher education agenda and its vision for the next 250 years of American education.
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图片来源：图：范德堡大学 Kirkland Hall。照片：CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
