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We open the gates for higher education for every qualified student.
我們為每一個合格的學生打開了高等教育的大門。
Every student with a high school diploma, sufficient English and Internet connection can study with us.
每個學生，只要有高中文憑、足夠的英語能力和互聯網連接，就可以和我們一起學習。
We don't use audio, we don't use video. Broadband is not necessary.
我們不使用音頻和視頻。寬帶網絡不是必須的。
Any student from any part of the world with any Internet connection can study with us.
來自世界任何一個地方的任何一個學生，只要能連接到互聯網，就可以和我們一起學習。
We are tuition free. All we ask our students to cover is the cost of their exams, 100 dollars per exam.
我們沒有學費，我們的學生只需要負擔考試的成本，每門考試100美元。
A full-time bachelor's degree student taking 40 courses will pay 1,000 dollars a year, 4,000 dollars for the entire degree.
一個全日制本科學位的學生選修40門課，每年將支付1000美元，整個學位需要4000美元。
And for those who cannot afford even this, we offer them a variety of scholarships.
對于連這些也無法負擔的學生，我們提供了各種類型的獎學金。
It is our mission that nobody will be left behind for financial reasons.
沒有人會因為經濟上的原因而被拋下，這是我們的使命。
With 5,000 students in 2016, this model is financially sustainable.
到2016年，隨著5000名學生，這一模式在經濟上是可持續的。
Five years ago, it was a vision. Today, it is a reality.
五年前這還是一個暢想，而今它成為了現實。
Last month, we got the ultimate academic endorsement to our model. University of the People is now fully accredited.
上個月，我們的模式最終得到了學術界的認可。人民大學現在已完全通過認證。
With this accreditation, it's our time now to scale up. We have demonstrated that our model works.
有了這一認證，現在到了我們擴張的時候。我們已經展示了我們的模式是可行的。
I invite universities and, even more important, developing countries'governments to replicate this model
我邀請大學，更重要的是發展中國家的政府來復制這一模式，
to ensure that the gates of higher education will open widely.
來保證高等教育的大門將一直敞開。
A new era is coming, an era that will witness the disruption of the higher education model as we know it today,
一個新的時代來臨了，這個時代將會見證我們今天所知的高等教育模式的瓦解，
from being a privilege for the few to becoming a basic right, affordable and accessible for all. Thank you.
從一種少數人的特權變為一種基本權力，所有人都可以承擔，都可以獲得。謝謝。
