The Gift of Education: How a Tuition Guarantee Program Changed the Lives of Inner-City Youth

by Norman A. Newberg

Book Overview

At the June 17, 1987 sixth-grade graduation ceremony at Belmont Elementary, in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia, philanthropists George and Diane Weiss promised each student a fully paid college education to the institution of their choice upon the students' graduation from high school. The Gift of Education describes this chance-of-a-lifetime gift and the pressure to use it. It details and analyzes the experiences of twelve students...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791466191
• ISBN13: 9780791466193
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"