Atlantic: Do college tuition programs work?

Atlantic Cities, picking up on a recent New York Time Magazine story on Kalamazoo and its scholarship program known as The Promise, recently asked readers if they would consider moving to Kalamazoo knowing their children's college education could be paid for.

The story also goes on to examine Promise programs inspired by the Kalamazoo effort. John Austin, Director of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, talks about what elements of the Promise work.

Excerpt: "You need a program that’s simple, blunt, and elegant," Austin says, which is why the Kalamazoo Promise seems to have worked well in Kalamazoo though it’s been less successful in places such as Pittsburgh and New Haven.

For more, please read the rest of the story.

Source: Atlantic Cities