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Promise Nation: Transforming Communities Through Place-Based Scholarships, Michelle Miller-Adams
Promise Nation: Transforming Communities Through Place-Based Scholarships, Michelle Miller-Adams
Michelle Miller-Adams
Miller-Adams describes how the various "Promise-type" place-based scholarship programs impact college access, financial aid, and community transformation.
Challenge Scholars Cost Estimate, Michelle Miller-Adams
Challenge Scholars Cost Estimate, Michelle Miller-Adams
Michelle Miller-Adams
Upjohn Institute staff will recalculate the costs of the Challenge Scholars program under various scenarios based on program changes being considered by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. The cost estimate will be based on program guidelines and proposed scholarship amounts provided by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation, and that it will build upon previous modeling undertaken by the Upjohn Institute.
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
Marta Lachowska
We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous, place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using difference-in-differences, comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation. According to our estimates, the Promise significantly increases college enrollment, college credits attempted, and credential attainment. Stronger effects occur for women.
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
Timothy J. Bartik
We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous, place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using difference-in-differences, comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation. According to our estimates, the Promise significantly increases college enrollment, college credits attempted, and credential attainment. Stronger effects occur for women.
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
The Effects Of The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship On College Enrollment, Persistence, And Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
Brad J. Hershbein
We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous, place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using difference-in-differences, comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation. According to our estimates, the Promise significantly increases college enrollment, college credits attempted, and credential attainment. Stronger effects occur for women.
A Promise Kept In El Dorado? An Evaluation Of The Impact Of A Universal, Place-Based College Scholarship On K-12 Achievement And High School Graduation, Jennifer W. Ash
A Promise Kept In El Dorado? An Evaluation Of The Impact Of A Universal, Place-Based College Scholarship On K-12 Achievement And High School Graduation, Jennifer W. Ash
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The El Dorado Promise is a scholarship program that provides approximately $7,818 per year toward college tuition - for up to five years - to public high school graduates in El Dorado, Arkansas who have attended El Dorado schools since at least the ninth grade. The program was announced in January 2007, and students were able to use the college scholarships in the fall of 2007. School leaders in El Dorado hoped that the enhanced access to college would increase student interest, engagement, and achievement throughout the school district. In this study, I use one-to-one student-level matching to estimate the …
The Value Of Universal Eligibility In Promise Scholarship Programs, Michelle Miller-Adams
The Value Of Universal Eligibility In Promise Scholarship Programs, Michelle Miller-Adams
Michelle Miller-Adams
No abstract provided.
Student Loans: A Multidimensional Public Policy Issue, Brad Hershbein, Kevin Hollenbeck
Student Loans: A Multidimensional Public Policy Issue, Brad Hershbein, Kevin Hollenbeck
Brad J. Hershbein
No abstract provided.
Student Loans: A Multidimensional Public Policy Issue, Brad Hershbein, Kevin Hollenbeck
Student Loans: A Multidimensional Public Policy Issue, Brad Hershbein, Kevin Hollenbeck
Kevin Hollenbeck
No abstract provided.
Promise Nation: Transforming Communities Through Place-Based Scholarships, Michelle Miller-Adams
Promise Nation: Transforming Communities Through Place-Based Scholarships, Michelle Miller-Adams
Upjohn Press
Miller-Adams describes how the various "Promise-type" place-based scholarship programs impact college access, financial aid, and community transformation.