Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6869-9063

Publication Date

1-1-2009

DOI

10.17848/9781441612656

Abstract

In the first comprehensive account of the Kalamazoo Promise, Michelle Miller-Adams addresses both the potential and challenges inherent in place-based universal scholarship programs and explains why this unprecedented experiment in education-based economic renewal is being emulated by scores of cities and towns around the nation.

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Contents

Part 1: Origins

1. A Not-So-Simple Gift
2. What Came Before
3. The Kalamazoo Promise in Context

Part 2: Impact

4. The Challenge of Community Alignment
5. Impact on Students and Schools
6. Prospects for Economic Change

Part 3: Looking Forward

7. Assessing the Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise

ISBN

9780880993401 (cloth) ; 9780880993395 (pbk.) ; 9781441612656 (ebook)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION; Postsecondary education; Postsecondary access; Promise scholarships; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Regional policy and planning; Michigan studies; Urban issues

The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo

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Miller-Adams, Michelle. 2009. The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9781441612656

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