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Can college 'promise' programs deliver?

  • Written by Laura Perna, Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
imageResearchers are taking a close look at "college promise" programs to see if they actually help more students obtain a college educationCalvste / Shutterstock.com

In one of her first public acts as the new mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan signed an executive order last month to phase in a free college tuition program. The program promises up to two...

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