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This is probably the biggest problem facing our society.
這個可能是我們社會所面臨的最大的問題。
Higher education stopped being a right for all and became a privilege for the few.
高等教育不再是所有人的權力，而是成為一種少數人的特權。
Second: cultural. Students who are qualified for higher education can afford --
第二，文化上的原因。合格的、能負擔得起的、
want to study -- cannot, because it is not decent, it is not a place for a woman.
想要學習的學生卻無法得到高等教育，因為它不得體，它不是女人可以去的地方。
This is the story of countless women in Africa, for example, prevented from higher education because of cultural barriers.
比如在非洲，無數的女性由于文化上的阻隔而無法得到高等教育。
And here comes the third reason: UNESCO stated that in 2025, 100 million students will be deprived of higher education,
第三條原因：聯合國教科文組織聲明，到2025年，將有1億學生被剝奪高等教育的機會，
simply because there will not be enough seats to accommodate them, to meet the demand.
僅僅是因為沒有那么多的座位來容納他們，來滿足需求。
They will take a placement test, they will pass it, but they still won't have access, because there are no places available.
他們會參加程度測驗，他們會通過測驗，但是他們仍無法得到教育，因為沒有足夠的位置。
These are the reasons I founded University of the People, a nonprofit, tuition-free, degree-granting university to give an alternative,
由于這些的原因，我創辦了人民大學，一所非盈利性的、免學費的、授予學位的大學它提供了另一種選擇，
to create an alternative, to those who have no other; an alternative that will be affordable and scalable,
為那些沒有其它選擇的人創造了一種選擇，一種價格合理的選擇，一種可擴展的選擇，
an alternative that will disrupt the current education system,
一種打破現行的教育體系的選擇，
and open the gates to higher education for every qualified student regardless of what they earn, where they live, or what society says about them.
為每一位合格的學生打開高等教育的大門，不論他們的收入，不論他們身處何處，不論社會如何議論他們。
Patrick, Debbie and Wael are only three examples out of the 1,700 accepted students from 143 countries. Thank you.
帕特里克、黛比和瓦伊爾只是來自143個國家的1700位被錄取的學生中的三個例子。謝謝。
