DETROIT - A Detroit-area businessman has started a group to raise money in hopes of funding college scholarships for Detroit Public Schools graduates, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
Nat Pernick has pledged $25,000 and received pledges for an additional $15,000 for Detroit College Promise, modeled after the Kalamazoo Promise. He hopes to raise $500,000 this fall, Crain's reported. That equals about one-tenth of what it would cost to pay for just one year of college for the class of 2009 graduates.
"Of course it's a daunting number, but you've got to start one step at a time," Pernick told Crain's.
SOURCE:
Crain's Detroit Business, "Detroit kids get scholarship promise," Aug. 18, 2008
FURTHER READING:
Michigan Education Report, "Following the lead of the Kalamazoo Promise,"
Nov. 14, 2007
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