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

  1. A Not-So-Simple Gift
  2. What Came Before
  3. The Kalamazoo Promise in Context
  4. The Challenge of Community Alignment
  5. Impact on Students and Schools
  6. Prospects for Economic Change
  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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