The Kalamazoo Promise
A program whereby qualified students of the Kalamazoo Public Schools (Kalamazoo, MI, USA) can get up to 100% of their college tuition paid for them. Recently this program was expanded to include 15 other private liberal arts colleges.
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- The Promise is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation funded entirely by a small group of anonymous donors
- The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research has a lot of data about the Kalamazoo Promise
- Grand Rapids, MI now has a Kalamazoo Promise-type of initiative called “Challenge Scholars” — see http://www.grfoundation.org/challengescholars
- Also see: The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo — by
Starbucks to provide free college education to thousands of workers — from nytimes.com by Richard Perez-Penaju
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Starbucks will provide a free online college education to thousands of its workers, without requiring that they remain with the company, through an unusual arrangement with Arizona State University, the company and the university will announce on Monday.
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EducationDive has some solid comments and advice, however, re: the fine print here –> Highly praised Starbucks program requires large upfront tuition payments first