Students who weren't thinking past high school are now attending college fairs with relish as a result of the Kalamazoo Promise (KP). A recent well-attended fair in town featured representatives from Wayne State , Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Lake Superior State universities. Wayne State representative Annette Black said she was seeing a lot more students and diversity of students than she had at prior college fairs as a result of the KP. She said many of the parents attending were not college graduates themselves and were unfamiliar with the applications and admission process and all that a college education entails. "They're not sure what to say, and they don't know what to ask, so I try to put them at ease," Black said. Wayne State is offering graduates on the Promise plan a 50 percent discount on room and board.