Michigan Promise Scholarship

Michigan Promise 2008-2009 Information

The Michigan Promise scholarship provides up to $4,000 to high school graduates for successfully completing two years of postsecondary education. All students who took the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) have the opportunity to receive up to $4,000 if they meet all eligibility requirements. Students who receive qualifying scores (Level 2 or above) in each of [...]

History of the Michigan Promise Scholarship

As you’re probably aware, the Michigan Promise Scholarship was once called the Michigan Merit Scholarship.  What most people don’t know is how and why the transition took place, and that a group of students from Central Michigan University (many of them Merit scholarship recipients) played an integral part.
While conducting a class exercise, the students split [...]