The Power of a Promise Educatiion and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo
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, Mi...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kalamazoo :
W.E. Upjohn Institute
2009.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439825606719 |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780880994354 |
