The Promise movement has hit the big time as President Barack Obama opened the New Year by announcing his college affordability program — dubbed America’s College Promise — in the Volunteer State (in a nod to the ballyhooed Tennessee Promise). His plan called for students to reach generous eligibility standards to qualify and to maintain a level of success in order to keep the scholarship. “I’d like to see the first two years of community college free for anybody who is willing to work for it,” President Obama said in a video shot in Air Force One. “It’s something we can accomplish and something that will train our work force so we can compete with anyone in the world,” he added.

By late summer, nine community colleges in eight states — most notably the Community College of Philadelphia and the Milwaukee Area Technical College — had announced new Promise-type programs on their own. President Obama also doubled down on his America’s College Promise, naming an advisory panel headed by Dr. Jill Biden and his former Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter. The community college free-tuition effort also took the name Heads Up America.

Below is a list of programs supported by community colleges or community college systems.

	Program	City
	Promise for the Future	Coolidge, Ariz.
	The Great River Promise Scholarship	Blytheville, Ark.
	The Cuesta Promise	San Luis Obispo, Calif.
	Ventura College Promise	Ventura, Calif.
	G.Town Promise	Greeley, Colo.
	American Dream Scholarship	Miami, Fla.
	Chicago Star Scholarship	Chicago, Ill.
	Galesburg Promise	Galesburg, Ill.
	Harper College Promise Scholarship	Palatine, Ill.
	Peoria Promise	Peoria, Ill.
	Quincy Promise	Quincy, Ill.
	Advantage Shelby County	Shelbyville, Ind.
	Hopkinsville Rotary Scholars	Hopkinsville, Ky.
	School Counts!	Madisonville, Ky.
	Garrett County Scholarship Program	McHenry, Md.
	Montgomery College Promise	Rockville, Md.
	Legacy Scholars	Battle Creek, Mich.
	Detroit Scholarship Fund	Detroit, Mich.
	Muskegon Area Promise	Muskegon, Mich.
	The Power of YOU	Minneapolis, Minn.
	Richmond CC Guarantee	Hamlet, N.C.
	Sinclair Scholars	Dayton, Ohio
	Tulsa Achieves	Tulsa, Okla.
	50th Anniversary Scholars	Philadelphia, Pa.
	Tennessee Promise Plus	Cleveland, Tenn.
	Dyer County Promise Scholarship	Dyersburg, Tenn.
	Walters State Promise	Morristown, Tenn.
	Rusk TJC Citizens Promise	Tyler, Texas
	The Seattle Promise	Seattle, Wash.
	13th-Year Promise Scholarship	Seattle, Wash.
	MATC Promise	Milwaukee, Wis.