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A second look at enrollment changes after the Kalamazoo Promise

While previous research has documented how the Kalamazoo Promise, the most prominent and generous place-based college scholarship program, increased enrollment in Kalamazoo Public Schools, this paper qualifies and quantifies the characteristics of students who were induced to enter - or stay - in the district. In particular, it analyzes the origins and destinations, socioeconomic composition, and school-level sorting behavior associated with student flows around the time of the Promise announcement. These dimensions are more subtle than changes in the volume of students or measures of their individual success, but they are equally important to understand for communities exploring the feasibility of place-based scholarships as a local economic development tool. The findings suggest considerable economic benefits not just for the school district but for the broader metropolitan area.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Upjohn Institute Working Paper ; No. 13-200

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Education and Economic Development
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
Thema
Kalamazoo Promise
place-based scholarship
local economic development
enrollment
migration
selection

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hershbein, Brad J.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
(wo)
Kalamazoo, MI
(wann)
2013

DOI
doi:10.17848/wp13-200
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hershbein, Brad J.
  • W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Entstanden

  • 2013

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