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The Kalamazoo Promise is a pledge by a group of anonymous donors to pay up to 100 percent of tuition at any of Michigan's state colleges or universities for graduates of the public high schools of Kalamazoo, Michigan. To receive the minimum 65% benefit, students must have lived within the Kalamazoo School District, attended public high school there for four years, and graduated. To receive a full scholarship, students must have attended Kalamazoo public schools since kindergarten. The program, unveiled at a November 10, 2005, Kalamazoo Board of Education meeting, is also viewed as an economic development tool for Kalamazoo. Since the Kalamazoo Promise was announced, enrollment in the school district has grown by 16%, test scores have improved, and a greater proportion of high-school graduates are attending college.〔(''The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo'' ), published in 2009 by the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research〕 In 2010 alone, the Kalamazoo Public School district saw enrollment rise 3% to 12,409.〔 Research published by the Upjohn Institute in 2015 shows that the Kalamazoo Promise significantly increases college enrollment, college credits attempted, and credential attainment, and the researchers conclude that such scholarships can both increase educational attainment and provide net economic benefits.〔("The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion" )〕 Tuition checks began to be distributed in 2006. As of summer 2010, the program had paid out $18 million in tuition for about 2,000 high school graduates of Kalamazoo's two high schools and three alternative schools, according to executive administrator Robert Jorth. Most of the money has gone to the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Western Michigan University. Promise-funded students have enrolled in all but one of Michigan's 15 state universities.〔 As of October 2010, a total of 60 Promise-funded students had obtained bachelor's degrees. ==Similar programs== El Dorado, Arkansas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan;〔(Detroit College Promise )〕 New Haven, Connecticut;〔("Public School Kids Get A College "Promise" ), New Haven independent, Nov. 9, 2010〕 and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are just a handful of the nearly two dozen communities that have similar "Promise" programs.〔("Promise-type Scholarship Programs" )〕 These communities have joined PromiseNet, a network of communities that run or plan similar place-based scholarship programs. The PromiseNet 2013 Conference was meant to foster such programs.〔("PromiseNet 2013" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kalamazoo Promise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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