Promise Nation : Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships / / Michelle Miller-Adams
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| Autore: |
Miller-Adams Michelle <1959->
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| Titolo: |
Promise Nation : Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships / / Michelle Miller-Adams
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| Pubblicazione: | Kalamazoo, Michigan : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , [2015] |
| ©[2015] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.34 |
| Soggetto topico: | Scholarships |
| Public-private sector cooperation | |
| Community and school | |
| Business and education | |
| Community and school - United States | |
| Public-private sector cooperation - United States | |
| Business and education - United States | |
| High school graduates - Scholarships, fellowships, etc | |
| Scholarships - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Festschriften |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Miller-Adams explores and documents the proliferation of Promise-type scholarship programs in the United States. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Promise Nation |
| ISBN: | 0-88099-506-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910324047803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
WE focus series.