the coolest thing since...well, in awhile

It was announced tonight that every student attending for at least four years and graduating from Kalamazoo, Michigan schools will receive a scholarship for at least 65% of tuition and mandatory fees at any public Michigan university or community college. That scholarship increases to 100% if the student has attended K-zoo schools, K-12 with steps along the way. It is called the Kalamazoo Promise an further information can be found here.

According to WOOD-TV, this is funded by private citizens, and the first program of its kind in the United States.

What can I say, this is pretty freakin awesome!