“The article in Time on January 3rd 2013…”etc

The article in Time on January 3rd 2013， College Costs： Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science？ mentions that Florida Governor’s task force on higher education recently suggested freezing tuition at state schools in “strategic areas” like engineering， science， health care and technology， while letting the cost of humanities and other majors rise. The generally accepted consensus is that a $1，000 change in costs is associated with a 5 percentage point difference in enrollment rates. The National SMART grants， was designed to use additional financial aid as a carrot to encourage more low-income students to major in science， technology， engineering and math. But the attempts have had underwhelming results. There’s a danger if people are doing something just because it’s cheaper. Engineering is a very challenging field. People need to be really into it — it’s not something you can do just for the money. Motivating students to pursue degrees in technical fields remains an uphill battle.

最新一期的美国《时代周刊》一篇题为“调低学费就能让更多的学生去学习理科吗？”的文章提到，对佛罗里达州长负责的高等教育工作组最近建议，在州立大学的一些具有国家战略意义的专业，如工程学、自然科学、医疗卫生和技术方面保持学费不变，而在人文类等专业方面提高收费标准。大家一致认可的是，学费每增加1000美元，学生录取率减少5个百分点。美国“天赋助学金”计划的初衷就是鼓励更多低收入家庭出来的学生主修自然科学技术和数学方面的专业，但其收效甚微。如果人们攻读某个专业只是因为其学费便宜，这是十分危险的。因为，学习工程专业极具挑战性，你必须全身心地投入其中，并不是仅仅为了省钱就能学好的。激励学生学理科之路仍然任重而道远。

The article with the title saying Obama Prioritizing Immigration Issue on January 4th， 2013， mentioned that the new rule greatly reduces the risk inherent in applying for a waiver， as people whose applications are rejected would still be in the United States when they heard the news. Even for those whose applications are approved， the new rule will allow them to spend much less time outside the United States， as they will travel abroad with waivers in hand.

2013年1月4日的《华盛顿邮报》刊登一篇题为“美国政府优先考虑移民问题”的文章称，新移民法大大降低了滞留在美国的非法移民在申请豁免权过程中固有的风险，因为即便是他们得知他们的申请被拒绝，他们也可以继续待在美国。倘若申请获得批准，因其有豁免许可在手，离开美国回到原籍国等待移民签证的时间也会大大缩短。