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Kalamazoo Promise

In the News

This page contains a sampling of media coverage of the Kalamazoo Promise.

Local and Regional Media Coverage

• "Kalamazoo Promise" Delivers
  (CBS Evening News, February 5, 2007)
  
  
• Promise' shows students want to go to college
  (Kalamazoo Gazette, September 10, 2006)
  
  
• Scholarships could spark city redevelopment
  (Kalamazoo Gazette, September 11, 2005)
  By Al Jones
  

National Media Coverage

• A Promising Future
  (Economist, February 7, 2008)
  
  
• The Rebirth of Kalamazoo
  (ABC News Video)
  Philanthropists start a fund to stop one Michigan city's economic slide.
  
  
• In Kalamazoo, a Promise Boosts School Enrollment
  (NPR: Morning Edition, November 29, 2006)
  by Kaomi Goetz
  
  
• Growing a City, From the Roots Up
  (The New York Times, November 13, 2006)
  By Keith Schneider
  
  
• Free University Education Sparks Economic Rebirth for Midwest City
  (Voice of America, September 13, 2006)
  
  
• Michigan City Hands Out First Scholarships
  (ABC News, Jun 8, 2006)
  by James Prichard
  
  
• Tuition for Students, a Better Future for Their City
  (Washington Post, May 29, 2006)
  By Kari Lydersen
  
  
• College Tuition Promise Stokes Housing in Kalamazoo, Mich.
  (Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2006)
  By Neal E. Boudette
  
  
• Civics Lesson: Kalamazoo , Mich. , Pegs Revitalization On a Tuition Plan; Promise of College Funding Stokes Housing Demand, But Will Jobs Come, Too?; 'Totally Awesome,' a Teen Says
  (Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2006)
  By Neal E. Boudette
  
  
• 'Gift of Hope' For Kalamazoo Youth
  (CBS Evening News, November 23, 2005)
  
  
• No money for college? One town's reply.
  (The Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2005)
  By Yvonne Zipp
  

International Media Coverage

• USA: College Gratis Contro Fuga Studenti
  (ITALY - ZAI.net, March 22, 2006)
  by di Mercoledi

"The Promise" in Other Cities

• Sweet home Alabama: Alabama students have open access to a new world of learning
  (Converge Online, 2007)
  By Mark Gura
  
  
• Tuition grants a lure for city schools: Plan aims to put students in college, draw people to city
  (Post Gazette, December 14, 2006)
  By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  
  
• "Ventura Promise" Debuts!
  (Ventura, California, March, 2, 2006)
  
  
• Holland [Michigan] officials considering a 'Kalamazoo Promise'
  (Muskegon Chronicle, November 20, 2006)
  By Kym Reinstadler
  
  
• Can Dayton pull off the "big promise?"
  (Dayton Daily News, September 25, 2006)
  By S. Elliott
  
  
• 'The Promise' of a higher education
  (South Bend Tribune February 27, 2006)
  by Michael Wanbaugh
  
  
• Free college tuition
  (DesMoines Register, February 6, 2006)
  by Travis Graven
  
  
• New Economic Development Initiative Proposes College Scholarships for All Newton Graduates
  (Newton, Iowa February 2, 2006)