The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on College Choice

Autor/inn/en	Andrews, Rodney J.; DesJardins, Stephen; Ranchhod, Vimal
Titel	The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on College Choice
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 5, S.722-737 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.05.004
Schlagwörter	Economics; Quasiexperimental Design; School Districts; Urban Schools; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Program Evaluation; Donors; Family Financial Resources; Public Schools; Public Colleges; College Choice; Paying for College; Student Financial Aid; Access to Education; College Bound Students; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Volkswirtschaftslehre; School district; Schulbezirk; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Studienortwahl; Studienfinanzierung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienförderung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	On November 10, 2005, then Superintendent of the Kalamazoo Public School System, Janice Brown announced--to the surprise of Kalamazoo's residents--the beginning of the Kalamazoo Promise. Fully funded by a set of anonymous donors, the Kalamazoo Promise is an urban revitalization program that offers up to four years of free tuition to any public college or university in the state of Michigan for graduates of the Kalamazoo Public School system who meet certain eligibility criteria. Using the subsidy as a source of exogenous variation in the price of college, we use quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impact of the subsidy on college choice. We find that the Kalamazoo Promise increases the likelihood that students from Kalamazoo Public Schools consider public institutions in Michigan. In addition, we find that the Kalamazoo Promise especially impacts the college choice set of students from families who earn less than $50,000 in annual income. (As Provided).
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