Kalamazoo Promise

A conversation with Belinda Tate, executive director of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Western Michigan University has announced the first initiative funded by the largest gift ever to a U.S. university. Western President Edward Montgomery…

The Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program was announced 15 years ago this week.Since 2005, it has sent thousands of Kalamazoo Public School students on to…

The Kalamazoo Promise scholarship has a new challenge during the COVID-19 shutdown: helping students to stay on a path to college. Executive Director Bob…

Edward Callahan was surprised and gratified to learn that his debut album, The Minor Keys, had topped the iTunes charts when it was released in December…

Tim Bartik says employers should go beyond thinking of job training as a one-time program. The Senior Economist for the Upjohn Institute for Employment…

Tim Bartik says employers should go beyond thinking of job training as a one-time program. The Senior Economist for the Upjohn Institute for Employment…

Kalamazoo Schools Superintendent Michael Rice says he thinks a different school calendar with a shorter summer break is likely the way of the future. Two…

Kalamazoo Schools Superintendent Michael Rice says the Kalamazoo Promise helped boost enrollment. But he says other programs have helped drive up the…

Since the Kalamazoo Promise was unveiled in 2005, several communities across the county have launched their own college scholarship programs. But they…