Knox Promise

Overview

Knox Promise is a first-of-its-kind Tennessee Promise community-based initiative designed to increase the number of students attending and ultimately graduating from college. While the program is deeply rooted in student success, it is also a community-based workforce development initiative. Here in Knox County, the birthplace of the idea for Tennessee Promise (knoxAchieves), Knox Promise seeks to create a model that other communities can replicate across Tennessee and the nation. Thanks to the profound generosity of the Haslam Family Foundation, Knox Promise is being launched as a pilot program for the 2019 and 2020 Knox County high school graduating classes. It will be externally evaluated by the University of Tennessee Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research to verify results and establish its impact.