Place-based scholarships: Catalysts for systems reform to improve postsecondary attainment

Iriti, Jennifer; Page, Lindsay C.; Bickel, William E.

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.02.002

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“…Although there is no single definition of college promise, most scholars and practitioners agree that college promise programs provide financial support to eligible students who live or attend school in a particular place (Miller‐Adams, 2015; Perna & Leigh, 2018). Increasingly, promise programs collaborate with partners from both within and beyond institutions of higher education to provide the academic support, student support, and basic services that students need to prepare for, gain access to, and successfully complete an education that prepares them for a living‐wage career (Iriti et al, 2017; Miller‐Adams, 2015; Rauner, 2018; Rauner et al, 2019). Further, because many college promise programs are either based in community colleges or provide support for students who attend them, they often serve student populations that are predominately students of color, students in low‐income situations, and first‐generation students.…”

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Depicting the Ecosystems of Support and Financial Sustainability for Five College Promise Populations

Millett

2020

ETS Research Report Series

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The college promise movement is aimed toward making the attendance and completion of college affordable for eligible Americans in hundreds of local communities and states throughout the United States. Many college promise programs are designed with the intent of enabling students to start and complete college degree and/or postsecondary certificate programs without taking on unmanageable college debt. Two significant issues were examined at the June 2019 symposium Depicting the Ecosystem of Support and Financial Sustainability for Five College Promise Populations, sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the College Promise Campaign with the generous support of the ECMC Foundation and the Strada Education Network. First, how would college promise programs be enhanced if they were reconceived with a deeper understanding and intent to accommodate the diversity within the postsecondary student population (traditional‐aged students, adults, undocumented students, veterans, and justice‐involved students)? Second, how could extant and new funding models be aligned to leverage the financial support needed to develop and implement these subpopulation‐targeted ecosystem designs? The symposium united the higher education community with scholars, policy makers, student representatives and other stakeholders to develop comprehensive ecosystems of support for these five subpopulations as they make their way to, through and beyond college. Additional aims were (a) to identify the cross‐group connections for use and adaptation in local communities and states and (b) to explore the variety, and knitting together, of funding opportunities for program supports.

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Depicting the Ecosystems of Support and Financial Sustainability for Five College Promise Populations

Millett

2020

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“…Increased use of collaboration at the local levels is not surprising, since a recognized strength of promise programs lies in their ability to leverage their place‐based boundaries to affect the community or regional systems in which they are situated (Iriti, Page, & Bickel, ). Partnerships and cross‐system collaboration have been shown to be an effective structural feature for community‐based organizations to use in support of their role in the college access and success movement (Coles, ) and is suggested as a strategy for promise programs in particular (U.S. Department of Education, ).…”

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“…Partnerships and cross‐system collaboration have been shown to be an effective structural feature for community‐based organizations to use in support of their role in the college access and success movement (Coles, ) and is suggested as a strategy for promise programs in particular (U.S. Department of Education, ). The local nature of promise programs and their ability to align with the education delivery systems means promise programs have the potential to (a) catalyze interventions aimed at nonfinancial barriers to postsecondary access and attainment and (b) improve K–12 and higher education outcomes (Iriti et al, ; Miller‐Adams, ).…”

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Examining How College Promise Programs Promote Student Academic and Financial Readiness

Millett

Saunders

Fishtein

2018

ETS Research Report Series

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Currently college promise programs are proliferating in number at the local and state levels. Most promise programs provide financial resources beyond conventional state and federal student aid to students who live in designated places and meet local‐ or state‐defined eligibility criteria. There is an immense variety of models and funding designs for these programs. In this study, we conducted a rigorous content analysis of the public web sites for a diverse subsample of 35 promise programs to explore how college promise programs promote student academic and financial readiness. Although our analysis made it clear that there is more to learn about promise programs, including understanding general administrative processes and program operations, we highlight several design and implementation considerations that may increase the capacity of these programs to promote equity in higher education access and success.

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“…The two institutions are Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College.45 This information was retrieved from a preliminary analysis of responses to the Kalamazoo Promise 10year alumni survey, administered by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the Kalamazoo Promise.46Iriti, Page, and Bickel (2017).47 Bartik, Hershbein, and Lachowska (2017, p. 34).48See Iriti, Page, and Bickel (2017) for a detailed discussion of cross-sector collaboration in support of college degree completion.…”

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“…The statewide Rhode Island Promise has a similar provision but without the penalty.72 According toIriti, Page, and Bickel (2017), for students from families with an expected family contribution of 0, 63 percent attend college within 20 miles of home. Rates are even higher when all first-time college goers are included.…”

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Promise Scholarship Programs and Local Prosperity

Miller-Adams¹,

Smith²

2018

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We argue that place-based college scholarships, if designed intentionally and leveraged effectively, can foster local economic development. Since the introduction of the Kalamazoo Promise in 2005, a growing number of communities have applied the place-based approach to investments in human capital through the creation of college scholarship programs. Reviewing the existing literature on educational and economic outcomes associated with Promise programs reveals that they can expand students' postsecondary aspirations, improve a school district's college-going culture, and increase college enrollment and degree attainment while promoting inmigration of residents and positive growth in housing prices. Therefore, these programs can serve a broader communal interest, benefiting both individuals (e.g., through higher earnings) and their localities. We conclude this report by outlining observations for city leaders and local policymakers that can be distilled into lessons concerning the civic engagement and economic vitality of a community, the attainment of equity in student outcomes, and the scale and sustainability of a program's design. We hope the evidence presented in this report will aid in the design, adoption, and scaling of programs that harness community assets and respond to community needs.

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Place-based scholarships: Catalysts for systems reform to improve postsecondary attainment

Cited by 25 publications

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Depicting the Ecosystems of Support and Financial Sustainability for Five College Promise Populations

Depicting the Ecosystems of Support and Financial Sustainability for Five College Promise Populations

Examining How College Promise Programs Promote Student Academic and Financial Readiness

Promise Scholarship Programs and Local Prosperity

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