01710nam 2200397 450 991052488660332120221223022654.00-88099-435-5(CKB)3780000000104729(NjHacI)993780000000104729(EXLCZ)99378000000010472920221223d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Power of a Promise Educatiion and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo /Michelle Miller-AdamsKalamazoo :W.E. Upjohn Institute,2009.1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) illustrations0-88099-339-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.When a group of anonymous donors announced in 2005 that they would send every graduate of this midsized public school district to college for free, few within or outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, understood the magnitude of the gesture. Now, in the first comprehensive account of the Kalamazoo Promise, Michelle Miller-Adams charts its initial impact as well as its potential to bring about fundamental economic and social change in a community hurt by job loss, depopulation, and racial segregation.power of a promiseScholarshipsUnited StatesEducation and globalizationScholarshipsEducation and globalization.378.3Miller-Adams Michelle1272470NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910524886603321The Power of a Promise2997012UNINA