The Kalamazoo Promise was featured on NBC Nightly News's "Making a Difference" report recently. The scholarship was instituted in 2005 and is funded entirely by anonymous donors. It guarantees every student who graduates after at least four years in a Kalamazoo high school at least 65 percent of tuition at an in-state college.
Excerpt: "I just need to do well," Promise recipient Zach Julian told NBC Nightly News. "I can't let the people down. ... Even though I don't know who they are."
To see the full report, please visit here.
Source: NBC News
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