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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Two years into Bearcat Advantage, how is the place-based scholarship program helping Battle Creek students? Upjohn researchers led by @mmilleradams.bsky.social find that it’s increasing college-going. Here’s how: bit.ly/44uEt9n #econsky, #promiseprogram, #tutitionfree

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Here is the latest from our Policies for Place initiative. We convened a bunch of interesting folks in Grand Rapids last June, and this is what they said about its unique public-private partnership model.

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The Upjohn Institute has studied tuition-free college programs for 20 years, starting with the Kalamazoo Promise in 2005. This work informed a movement that now includes 200+ programs. Read how research, collaboration and expertise helped inform this movement. #EduSky www.upjohn.org/twenty-years...

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Twenty years of leadership in the tuition-free college movement | Upjohn Institute

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Policy-relevant research from multiple disciplines is welcome.

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Distressed to hear the #SocialSecurity admin will start witholding 100% of people's benefits if there is an overpayment, even if it is the fault of the SSA (which it often is). For now, only overpayments after 3/27 are included, and SSI is not affected. Since 3/24, repayments were capped at 10%.

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

From @timbartik.bsky.social at @upjohninstitute.bsky.social Michigan's GSRP pre-K program yields positive returns over a 15-year period, with the immediate gain of allowing parents to work while their children are in high-quality pre-K classrooms. Full report is here: www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

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Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program yields positive economic return

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Here is what my @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues and I have been up to lately!

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Policies for Place @upjohninstitute.bsky.social recently convened our affiliates and local experts in collaboration with the @chicagofed.bsky.social to think about how communities can face coming economic challenges and create more equitable opportunities for residents. 5 lessons for 5 groups here!

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I like tuition-free college that includes bachelor-granting institutions, as they provide meaningful choices. Minnesota's is simple and inclusive, with one drawback -- a benefit cliff at family income of $80K. Nothing wrong with a simple scale of declining benefits. www.minnpost.com/education/20...

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Minnesota promised free college tuition, but hefty costs remain

North Star Promise is helping thousands of Minnesotans pay tuition at public universities, buy many still aren't able to save any money.

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"Many of the students using these scholarships already had their community college covered through Pell grants, but they didn’t know that," said @mmilleradams.bsky.social "So by saying, ‘Hey, it’s tuition-free,’ and putting that free message up front, you can bring a lot of people into the process.”

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Minnesota promised free college tuition, but hefty costs remain

North Star Promise is helping thousands of Minnesotans pay tuition at public universities, buy many still aren't able to save any money.

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Michelle Miller-Adams @mmilleradams.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

New here and seeking connections. I've been a researcher at @upjohninstitute.bsky.social for 18 years, working first on KPromise & tuition-free college, and now on employment for young adults with disabilities. A political scientist by training, I enjoy hanging with economists and higher ed folks.

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