There has been a 14 percent decrease in the number of Yale students getting Pell grants in the last 8 years, according to Pell Institute senior scholar Tom Mortenson study, reports the有一個14 ％的數目減少了耶魯學生獲得佩爾助學金，在過去的8年中，根據佩爾研究所資深學者湯姆mortenson研究報告 Yale Daily News耶魯每日新聞 . 。 Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzell disagreed by citing more limited data which statistics professors at Yale argued were statistically invalid.院長招生傑夫brenzell不贊同援引較為有限的數據，統計教授在耶魯辯稱統計學無效。 Instead, it seems he prefers to somewhat cherry pick his data, looking at families % with less than $60,000 a year.相反，它似乎是他比較喜歡有點櫻桃接他的數據，從家庭％少於60000美元一年。 Quotes from the article, emphasis mine:行情從文章中，重點煤礦：

Mortenson said he was especially concerned about the 14-percent drop in Pell students at Yale in the past eight years, given that the percentage of Pell students at Harvard University increased by 53 percent over the same time period, according to his Dec. 2007 analysis. As the percentage of low-income children in the K-12 school system increases, Mortenson said, Yale has a responsibility to help educate these students — a responsibility that it is not meeting. mortenson說，他特別關心14個百分點，下降佩爾學生在耶魯大學在過去8年中，由於這個比例的學生佩爾在哈佛大學增加了53 ％ ，比同一時期內，據他2007年12月分析由於百分比為低收入家庭的孩子在K - 12學年制的增加， mortenson說，耶魯大學有責任幫助教育這些學生-一種責任，這是不符合。

“The real question is, ‘Who is trying to deal with this huge demographic tide, and who isn’t?’” Mortenson said. "真正的問題是'誰是設法處理這個龐大的人口浪潮，是誰沒有？ ' " mortenson說。 “As I look at Harvard’s data, I say Harvard is, and as I look at Yale’s data, I say Yale isn’t.” "我期待在哈佛大學的數據時，我說，哈佛是，而且正如我期待在耶魯的數據，我說，耶魯大學是不是" 。

Yale’s recent announcement of an unprecedented increase in undergraduate耶魯大學最近宣布的空前增加本科生 financial aid 財政援助 did not change his analysis.並沒有改變他的分析。

Mortenson called Yale’s new financial-aid initiative — which dramatically reduces the expected parental contribution from families making up to $200,000 a year and eliminates the need for student loans — a mere “public-relations gesture.” mortenson所謂耶魯大學的新的財政援助倡議-這極大地降低了預期父母貢獻，從家庭，使多達二十萬元一年，並不再需要助學貸款-一個單純的"公關姿態"。

So… there’s failure all around, but Yale is especially lagging.所以…有失敗的四周，但耶魯大學，尤其是相對滯後。 Brenzel does reasonably point out that some of Harvard’s success with Pell grant numbers could just be that Harvard has a better ability to get them to come, rather than special recruitment efforts; Harvard’s yields are certainly very impressive in general and a Harvard admissions letter can be pretty sticky.布倫策爾是否合理地指出，一些哈佛的成功與佩爾金人數可能僅僅是因為哈佛有一個更好的功能，好讓他們來，而不是特殊的招聘工作;哈佛大學的收益率肯定是非常可觀的，在一般及哈佛招生函，可以相當棘手。 But that just means that Yale needs to work harder and reach out more to low income students.但這只是意味著耶魯需要奮發工作，並達成了更多的低收入學生。 This might not be the fault only of the admissions office, it could be that they are not able to effectively allocate their resources to do so without compromising other parts of their mission which are valued more.這可能不是故障不僅對招生辦公室，這可能是因為它們不能有效地分配資源，這樣做又不損害的其他部分，他們的使命是值更。 Luckily, here at Yale… they don’t really have to choose!幸運的是，這裡在耶魯… …他們實在沒有選擇！ The university has the resources needed to make significant change here, and if it isn’t moving up the charts on this, it can’t point at Harvard or anyone else and try to avoid blame.大學有資源，需要作出重大改變，在這裡，如果不是動了圖表關於這點，它不能點在哈佛或其他任何人，並盡量避免難辭其咎。

Harvard may not be doing enough, but they’re at least doing better than us–and they’re improving.哈佛未必做得不夠，但他們至少做總比美，他們也正在得到改善。

Other studies have also found Yale lagging behind Harvard in its numbers of Pell grant students.其他研究也發現，耶魯落後於美國哈佛大學在其數量的佩爾補助金的學生。 The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education published a study in the fall showing that only 9.4 percent of Yale College students receive Pell grants, compared to 12 percent of Harvard undergraduates.該雜誌的黑人在高等教育中發表了一份研究報告將在今年秋季顯示，只有9.4 ％的耶魯大學學生獲得佩爾助學金相比， 12 ％的哈佛本科生。

Of the 10 wealthiest American universities, the study reported, only Harvard had increased the percentage of Pell grant recipients from 2004 to 2006, from 9.4 percent to 11.9 percent.向10個最富有的美國各大學，研究報告中，只有哈佛大學增加了百分比的佩爾金的受助人，從2004年至2006年，由9.4 ％至11.9 ％ 。

But the Journal’s managing editor, Bruce Slater, declined to call Harvard’s increase progress.但該雜誌的主編，布魯斯史萊特，拒絕呼籲美國哈佛大學的增加進展。

“The gains at Harvard are not all that spectacular to begin with,” Slater said. "收穫在哈佛大學，是不是所有這壯觀首先， "斯萊特說。 “Although Harvard has gone up and Yale has not, I don’t think that’s significant.” "雖然哈佛大學已上升和耶魯大學沒有，我不認為這是重要的" 。

So, where’s the push on this?所以，那裡的推對此有何評價？ Yale is, once again, dropping the ball–just like they did with the financial aid policy which they were finally pushed into making after Harvard beat them to it.耶魯是，再次投下球，就像他們與財政援助政策，他們終於被推到決策後，哈佛擊敗他們。 Where is all the innovation?那裡是所有的技術革新？ Jeremiah Quinlan, Brenzel’s director of outreach and recruitment, could make an MIT-style blogging site if only someone would let him (and give him money, staff, and time), maybe?耶利米昆蘭，布倫策爾的董事外展和招聘，可以使一個麻省理工學院式的博客站點，如果只是會有人讓他（給他的錢，工作人員，和時間） ，可能嗎？ That would be a good transformative start–a ton of transparency for an admissions office in the Ivy League.這將是一個很好的轉型啟動一噸的透明度，為招生辦公室在常春藤名校。 Just waiting for a nice move–something good to write about, a step in the right direction.只是在等待一個好動的東西好寫，朝著正確的方向發展。

And no, don’t even get me started on the promise of the residential college expansion “並沒有，甚至沒有得到我開始就承諾住宅高校擴招" to bring in new students引進新學生 .” "