Book
The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo
(2009)
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.
Keywords
- Kalamazoo Promise,
- economic development,
- urban economic development,
- postsecondary education,
- higher education,
- universities,
- colleges,
- college scholarships,
- college access,
- Kalamazoo
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Publisher
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
ISBN
978-0-88099-340-1 (cloth); 978-0-88099-339-5 (pbk)
Publisher Statement
- A Not-So-Simple Gift
- What Came Before
- The Kalamazoo Promise in Context
- The Challenge of Community Alignment
- Impact on Students and Schools
- Prospects for Economic Change
- Assessing the Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise
Citation Information
Miller-Adams, Michelle. 2009. The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.