Calvin University: When a Community Partners to Close the Education Gap in Grand Rapids
November 08, 2023
November 08, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Nov. 8 -- Calvin University issued the following news:
Drive just a couple of miles from the Calvin University campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and you switch zip codes. It's just a single digit shift, from 49506 to 49507, but there's a gap that looms much larger. According to census data 64.8% of the population of adults 25 years or older in the 06 zip code holds at least a bachelor's degree. In the neighboring 07 zip code, that number is just 23.5%.
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Drive just a couple of miles from the Calvin University campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and you switch zip codes. It's just a single digit shift, from 49506 to 49507, but there's a gap that looms much larger. According to census data 64.8% of the population of adults 25 years or older in the 06 zip code holds at least a bachelor's degree. In the neighboring 07 zip code, that number is just 23.5%.
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