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Podcast: Crain's Conversations
Episode: Sherri Welch on WDET: Paving magnate Bob Thompson commits $200M toward college scholarships
Description: After investing more than $100 million in schools in Detroit, Michigan paving magnate Bob Thompson and his wife, Ellen, are prepared to invest $200 million more — this time for scholarships, not buildings. Crain's Senior Reporter Sherri Welch talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET about the scholarship program Thompson is creating for graduates of the University Prep charter schools he founded.