The Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise on Student Attitudes, Goals, and Aspirations

Autor/inn/en	Miron, Gary; Jones, Jeffrey N.; Kelaher-Young, Allison J.
Titel	The Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise on Student Attitudes, Goals, and Aspirations
Quelle	In: American Secondary Education, 40 (2012) 2, S.5-25 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1003
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Student Attitudes; Academic Aspiration; Student Educational Objectives; Educational Attitudes; Attitude Change; Student Motivation; Scholarships; School Personnel; Student Surveys; Interviews; Mixed Methods Research; Program Effectiveness; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Schulische Motivation; Scholarship; Stipendium; Schulpersonal; Schülerbefragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Student goals and aspirations are an important determinant of success in secondary schools and promote access to post-secondary education. This paper reports on changes in student attitudes, goals, and aspirations that result from the implementation of a universal scholarship program. The Kalamazoo Promise is an innovative reform effort that provides full tuition to any state school for students that graduate from the school district. A federally-funded evaluation is examining the impacts of this program drawing from multiple data sources including student surveys and interviews with students and educators in the school district. Students and professionals in the district report that students' aspirations have been affected and describe changes in educational ambitions and the intensity with which students pursue their identified objectives. Implications of findings are discussed, as well as the potential of the Kalamazoo Promise as a catalyst for systemic change in the district. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Education. 229 Dwight Schar Building, 401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH 44805. Tel: 419-289-5273; Web site: http://www.ashland.edu/ase
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10