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Session Type: Symposium
Given dramatic tuition increases in recent years, college increasingly seems out of reach for low-income students. By clearly communicating the path to college, place-based or "Promise" scholarship programs can improve students' academic preparation, lower barriers to entry (financial and nonfinancial), and thereby increase college entry and completion. This session will present qualitative and quantitative analyses on the promise scholarship programs in both Kalamazoo, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Raquel Farmer-Hinton, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
John B. Diamond, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Longer-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship: College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion - Timothy Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Academic Preparation for College: How Milwaukee's Promise Program Students Understand and Respond to Financial Aid Incentives - Tangela Blakely Reavis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Regina Figueiredo-Brown, East Carolina University
Is Traditional College Aid Too Little, Too Late? Impacts on High School Outcomes From a Cluster Randomized Trial of an Early College Scholarship for Low-Income Students - Douglas N. Harris, Tulane University
Implementing a Promise: How Counselors and Principals Make Sense of and Enact a Large-Scale Urban Promise Program - Paul Kuttner, University of Utah; Kelly K. Rifelj, Tulane University
The Evolution of the Promise Scholarship Movement: Policy Diffusion, Reinvention, and Critical Design Issues - Michelle Miller-Adams, Grand Valley State University