scholarly journals Beyond degrees: Longer term outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Hershbein ◽  
Isabel McMullen ◽  
Brian Pittelko ◽  
Bridget Timmeney
Keyword(s):  
Kalamazoo Promise

Conversing With Kalamazoo Promise Scholars: An Inquiry Into the Beliefs, Motivations, and Experiences of Tuition-Free College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 572-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Collier ◽  
Ceceilia Parnther
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Student Loan ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Student Loan Debt ◽  
Kalamazoo Promise ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
Strong Motivation ◽  
Institutional Stakeholders

This qualitative inquiry explores students’ ( N=20) perceptions of Kalamazoo Promise (KPromise), how perceptions influence student motivation, and by what means students are covering remaining costs. Responses indicated deep appreciation of KPromise, built through community efforts. Perceptions of KPromise have developed into strong motivation to perform and in times of underperformance drove guilt. As KPromise scholars assume uncovered costs, most are doing so via work. Half of the participants possess student loan debt, mostly to pay for larger up-front costs or emergencies. KPromise students still expeience financial distress; however, when put into context with non-Promise peers, these students recognize how KPromise eases such. Discussion centers on using this research in giving voice to students within tuition-free discourse and in helping institutional stakeholders better understand tuition-free students’ experiences.

The Kalamazoo Promise and Perceived Changes in Teacher Beliefs, Expectations, and Behaviors

2012 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey N. Jones ◽  
Gary Miron ◽  
Allison J. Kelaher-Young
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Beliefs ◽  
Kalamazoo Promise ◽  
And Behaviors

Modeling First Year Stop Out of Kalamazoo Promise Scholars: Mapping Influences of Socioeconomic Advantage and Pre-College Performance to College Performance and Persistence

2021 ◽  
pp. 152102512110296
Author(s):  
Daniel Collier ◽  
Isabel McMullen
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Least Square ◽  
First Year ◽  
K Nearest Neighbors ◽  
College Performance ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Kalamazoo Promise ◽  
High School Performance ◽  
Main Model

The Kalamazoo Promise (KPromise) is amongst the most well-known and generous tuition-free policies. This study advances the understanding of Promise student performance and persistence. We used a weighted-least square means and variance adjusted (WLSMV) SEM approach and k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) to deal with missing data. The main model suggested first-year college GPA (β = –.48) possessed the strongest effect on a first-year stop out followed by socioeconomic advantage (β = –.26), high school performance (β = –.25), immediate enrollment (β = –.22), and KPromise funding (β =.06). Model differences from 06–10 and 11–15 cohorts, illustrate that in the later cohorts socioeconomic advantage’s effect on a first-year stop out lessened.

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