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阅读下文，然后回答问题。 (1) A rift is growing between government and higher education, with debates over funding, missions and accountability. (2) In that context, it is all the more worth watching Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who assumes the presidency of Purdue University on January 14. Other governors have become college presidents. Some, like Tom Kean, have been very successful. However, Daniels—who brings to the job an unusual blend of leadership experiences in government at the state and national level, public policy, business, and now academe—is coming to office at a time of unusual tension. (3) Governors increasingly characterize the rising costs of higher education and its limited access as unsustainable. Many find it imperative that universities increase their productivity, affordability, access, graduation rates, and accountability. In contrast, university presidents say that quality, not cost, is the real issue in an era in which excellence in higher education is more urgent than ever before in history. The question, academic leaders say, should not be the price of college, but who pays, criticizing government for disinvesting in higher education. Bottom line: Between the governors and the presidents, there is increasingly little if any common ground other than recognizing the importance of higher education. They have entirely different views of the problem, no agreement on responsibility, and nothing in the way of a shared solution. (4) In his first public action as president of Purdue, Daniels has bridged the chasm with a salary package that incorporates the goals of both the governors and the presidents. He did this in two ways. The first was conciliatory, eliminating the red flag that sets off both government and the academy: He rejected presidential salary inflation. His salary package is smaller than his predecessor’s, placing him tenth among the 12 Big Ten university presidents in terms of salary. There is no deferred compensation. (5) Second, and more importantly in terms of national models, is that Governor Daniels asked for a salary based upon achieving his goals for the university. The package is divided into two buckets—base salary and bonus. The bonus is tied to graduation rates, affordability, student achievement, philanthropic support, faculty excellence, and strategic program initiatives. In establishing this bonus system, Daniels married traditional notions of academic quality—as measured by excellence in faculty, programs and resources—with an equal emphasis on effective outcomes and price controls: graduation rates, affordability, and student achievement. (6) In so doing, Daniels has demonstrated his belief that there is common ground to be found between the university and government. The choice is not quality or effectiveness, not excellence or affordability; the future of higher education is not a zero-sum game in which one side wins and the other loses. Rather, he believes it is possible to balance the seemingly conflicting goals of government and higher education. (7) Daniels is not the first president to have his salary tied to achieving institutional goals, but he is probably the most visible. Moreover, although Daniels is renouncing involvement in partisan politics as he enters the Purdue presidency, he is a former Republican governor and party leader known as a frugal fiscal conservative. Historically, the divisions have been greater between Republicans and the academy than has been the case with Democrats. In a very real sense, what Daniels has chosen to do is somewhat akin to Nixon going to China. He has undertaken an experiment to be closely watched. If successful, he will have established a potential model for the country. (8) Typically, presidents reserve such powerful statements for their inaugural addresses. Though such addresses are sincere in intent—I can vouch for that, as someone who has given two and listened to many more—they are generally aspirational; they articulate hopes and dreams for what an institution can become. Daniels has already done something very different. He is putting himself on the line in a very public fashion. Year after year his salary will be determined by his success. And perhaps even more importantly, his success or failure will be public when his board announces the size and rationale for his bonus. (9) It’s a bold step—and Governor Daniels should be applauded for taking it. How can universities improve education quality?
【正确答案】：

（1）UNIVERSITIES INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY, AFFORDABILITY, ACCESS, GRADUATION RATES, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BRIDGED THE CHASM WITH A SALARY PACKAGE THAT INCORPORATES THE GOALS OF BOTH THE GOVERNORS AND THE PRESIDENTS. 

（2）CONCILIATORY, ELIMINATING THE RED FLAG THAT SETS OFF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND THE ACADEMY. SET UP A SALARY BASED UPON ACHIEVING THE PRESIDENT'S GOALS FOR THE UNIVERSITY. THE PACKAGE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO BUCKETS—BASE SALARY AND BONUS. THE BONUS IS TIED TO GRADUATION RATES, AFFORDABILITY, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, FACULTY EXCELLENCE, AND STRATEGIC PROGRAM INITIATIVES. IN ESTABLISHING THIS BONUS SYSTEM,  MARRIED TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF ACADEMIC QUALITY—AS MEASURED BY EXCELLENCE IN FACULTY, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES—WITH AN EQUAL EMPHASIS ON EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES AND PRICE CONTROLS: GRADUATION RATES, AFFORDABILITY, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 

（3）THERE IS COMMON GROUND TO BE FOUND BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNMENT. IT IS POSSIBLE TO BALANCE THE SEEMINGLY CONFLICTING GOALS OF GOVERNMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

【题目解析】：(1)大学提高生产力，支付能力，入学和毕业率，以及问责制。用一套兼顾州长和总统目标的薪酬方案来弥合这一鸿沟。(2)和解，消除政府和学校之间的革命。在实现总统的大学目标的基础上设立一个工资。一揽子计划分为基本工资和奖金两部分。奖金与毕业率、经济承受能力、学生成绩、慈善支持、师资力量和战略项目计划挂钩。在建立这一奖金制度时，结合了传统的学术质量概念——以教师、项目和资源的优秀程度为衡量标准——同时强调有效的成果和价格控制：毕业率、支付能力和学生成绩。(3)大学和政府之间存在着共同点。平衡政府和高等教育之间的矛盾这个目标是可能实现的。