Cities Use College Tuition Reward To Increase Graduation Rates

A scholarship program that offers free college tuition as a reward for attending public schools in a Michigan city is catching on in other communities seeking to revitalize their urban centers. Many more are considering doing so. Officials from 82 cities, including La Crosse, Wis.; San Francisco; and Portland, Ore., met recently in Kalamazoo to discuss how to adapt the concept. "The spread of this movement nationally is something nobody really expected," says Michelle Miller-Adams, visiting scholar at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Kalamazoo. Read more at:
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