‘By us for us’: Kalamazoo Promise now covers HBCUs

The Kalamazoo Promise — the scholarship program that covers college tuition for Kalamazoo public school graduates — is expanding to include historically Black colleges and universities.

The new benefit begins with students graduating in fall 2027, marking the first time in the program’s more than 20-year history that HBCUs will be included.

The deal has always been simple: graduate from a Kalamazoo public high school, and college is free. Now, that gift just got even greater…

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