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Chapters for Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs

Chapter 2: A History and Overview of the College Promise Movement

Chapter 3: Promises Fulfilled? A Systematic Review of the Impacts of College Promise Programs

Chapter 4: A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Targeted College Access Programs Offering No-Cost or Subsidized College Enrollment

Chapter 5: The Effect of the El Dorado Promise Scholarship on Higher Education, K–12, and Community Outcomes

Chapter 6: The Promise of Free College (and Its Potential Pitfalls): Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Performance-Based Aid Program

Chapter 7: Keeping the Promise: Early Outcomes of Tennessee’s Tuition-Free College Initiative

Chapter 8: Echo of a Promise: The Impact of State-Designated Michigan Promise Zones

Chapter 9: The Promise of Summer: A Case Study of Motivation and Impact Among Low-Income Students

Chapter 10: The Promise of “Free” Tuition and Program Design Features: Impacts on First-Time College Enrollment

Chapter 11: Community College Promise Programs and Local Impact: Aggregate Effects of College Attainment in Three Promise Communities

Chapter 12: A Promising Trend? An Event History Analysis of Factors Associated With Establishing Single-Institution College Promise Programs

Chapter 13: How Our Findings Bear on Future Policy, Practice, and Research