Promises, promises

It's got to be Derek Jeter, is what I thought when I heard a few years ago that a philanthropist who wanted to remain anonymous was donating millions of dollars to support the Kalamazoo Promise.

The Promise provides college tuition for residents of that west Michigan city who graduate from high school and head off to a college. An incredibly generous donor, supported by some other people with substantial cash to spare, anted up enough money to cover the cost of tuition at any Michigan community college or university for Kalamazoo high school graduates -- in perpetuity, according to administrators.

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