Last year, the University of Chicago announced the UChicago Promise, an initiative to prepare Chicago Public Schools students for competitive college applications. This year, Northwestern University has announced a similar program, the Northwestern Academy. It’s terrific. NU will work with 200 students at CPS schools that are NOT part of the selective enrollment elite. The… [Read More]
Blog
Tag: UChicago Promise
Paying for College: The UChicago Promise
Yesterday, Robert Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago, and Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, announced a new program, the UChicago Promise, designed to help Chicago residents get into highly selective colleges; if they go to the U of C, then their financial aid package will not have any loans. It will even… [Read More]
