Promise Nation : Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships / / Michelle Miller-Adams.
Miller-Adams explores and documents the proliferation of Promise-type scholarship programs in the United States.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Kalamazoo, Michigan : : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,, [2015] ©[2015] |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | WE focus series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- What is a Promise scholarship program? : Kalamazoo points the way
- The national landscape : Promise programs as financial aid ; Promise programs as economic development ; Promise programs and collective impact strategies
- The diffusion of the Promise idea : Place-based scholarships and policy diffusion ; The Promise idea ; How did the place-based scholarship model spread? ; Promise efforts that did not succeed ; Building a network
- Not all Promise programs are alike, does it matter? : Where can Promise students go to college? ; The universal versus targeted debate ; Choosing a model ; Fit with critical need
- Educational outcomes of Promise programs : Transforming K-12 systems ; Postsecondary outcomes
- The elusive economic development goal : Education and economic growth ; Strengthening the urban core ; Economic development impact
- The future of the Promise movement : The changing financial aid landscape ; Leveraging Promise scholarships for community change ; Concluding thoughts
- Appendix A : List of Promise programs.