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MI's Best Podcast [Mlive.com]

Made to Advance Podcast

NYSE Closing Bell

Malcolm Gladwell X Hope College

The Hope Forward Student Experience

Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation in Higher Education

Catalyst Summit Student Panel Highlights

Breaking Through the Tuition Barrier

Why is college so expensive?

Hope Forward: Generosity

Hope Forward Will Make College More Accessible

Hope Forward: College Without Tuition | SXSW EDU 2022

How Can We Disrupt College?

A Conversation with President Scogin on Giving and Generosity

A Bold Vision to Provide Fully-Funded Tuition at Hope College

#HopeForward | Marissa Solorzano '19

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Catalyst Summit with Malcolm Gladwell

“Reflections on the Catalyst Summit” by President Matthew A. Scogin (April 27, 2023)
“Catalyst Summit to Explore Possibilities Around Access and Innovation in Higher Education” by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 7, 2023)
Hope Forward + Malcolm Gladwell
“Keynote Event Featuring Malcolm Gladwell to Culmiate Catalyst Summit at Hope College Focused on Access and Innovation in Higher Education,” Hope College Press Release (February 21, 2023)

National Media

“Christian Colleges Try Eliminating Tuition to Draw Students,” Christianity Today (January 8, 2024)
“Hope College Bets on Tuition-Free Program,” Inside Higher Ed (June 30, 2023)
“As enrollment falls and public skepticism grows, some colleges are cutting their prices,” The Hechinger Report (November 25, 2022)
“Hope College President Matt Scogin: A “Pay-It-Forward” Model for Funding Higher Education,” American Talent Initiative (April 19, 2022)
“College Presidents Implement New Models to Bridge Affordability Challenges,” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (July 28, 2021)
“Hope College takes big step toward tuition-free campus,” Associated Press (July 14, 2021)
“This College’s Tuition-Free Model Will Let Students Pay What They Can Post-Graduation,” Chronicle for Higher Education (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College launches program to make tuition free, requests donations after graduation,” Detroit Free Press (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College Begins ‘Pay It Forward’ Program With Goal Of Offering Free Tuition To All Students,” Forbes (July 15, 2021)
“Hope College wants to trade tuition for donations” (revised headline: “Hope College To Go Tuition Free”), Insider HigherEd (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College takes big step toward tuition-free campus,” CBS Detroit (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College wants students to pay tuition after graduation,” University Business (July 15, 2021)
“Hope College Takes Big Step Toward Tuition-Free Campus,” US News & World Report (July 14, 2021)

State Media

“No more tuition? Hope College wants to change the way higher education is funded,” MLIVE (July 15, 2021)
“Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment at 9:20 p.m. EDT” (first paragraph only), The Star (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College Establishes ‘Hope Forward’ Tuition-Funding Program,” 1450 AM 99.7 FM, WHTC Holland (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College wants to make tuition free for all students through “pay-it-forward” plan,” WKZO (July 14, 2021)
“‘Pay-it-forward’: Hope College aims to offer free tuition to all students,” WOOD-TV (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College wants to make tuition free for all students through ‘pay-it-forward’ plan,” WTVB AM (July 14, 2021)
“West Michigan’s Hope College launches program to make tuition free, asking for post-grad donations,” WWJ 950 (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College takes big step toward tuition-free campus,” WWMT (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College implements free tuition program in the fall,” WWMT (July 14, 2021)
“‘Pay it forward’ program would provide free tuition for Hope College students,” WZZM 13 (July 14, 2021)
“'Tuition-free' model launched at Hope College,” WZZM 13 (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College Takes Big Step Toward Tuition-Free Campus,” CBS Detroit (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College works to create tuition-free business model,” FOX 17 (July 14, 2021)
“Hope Forward: Hope College launching pilot for fully funded tuition model,” Holland Sentinel (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College announces free ‘pay-it-forward’ tuition model funded by alumni donations,” MLIVE (July 14, 2021)
“Hope College launches program to make tuition free, requests donations after graduation,” Detroit Free Press (July 14, 2021)

Editorials

“Want to make college more affordable? Stop handing out student loans.” by President Matthew A. Scogin, USA Today (October 27, 2023)
“Rethinking the Economic Model of Higher Education” by President Matthew A. Scogin (February 14, 2022)
“To Preserve the American Dream, Improve Access to Higher Ed” by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 9, 2022)
‘Why the Four-Year Degree Is Still the Best ‘Pathway Program’’ by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 9, 2022)
“Follow the Money: How Student Loans Derailed American Heigher Education” by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 30, 2022)
“Stuart Allison: Could tuition to liberal arts colleges be free?” Galesburg Register-Mail (August 6, 2021)

Podcasts, Videos & Blogs

“MI Best Podcast: Hope College President Matthew Scogin + Nicole Dunteman on Hope Forward,” MI Best, an Mlive Podcast (September 26, 2024)
“The Priceless Impact of Generosity in Higher Ed,” Anchored podcast by the Classic Learning Test (May 30, 2024)
“Crazy faith to fix the impossible,” Made to Advance podcast (January 9, 2024)
“A Good Circle,” Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast (June 29, 2023)
“Why Hope Forward and Why Now?” Hope Forward blog by Nicole Dunteman (June 9, 2023)
“Wakanda Forever, SNL COVID sketch, and cool things happening at Hope College,” The Common Good (November 9, 2022)
“Hope Forward: A Plan to Reimagine Higher Ed,” The Art of Association (September 19, 2022)
“How Can We Disrupt College?,” Believe! with Doug DeVos (September 13, 2022)
“A Hope Forward Vision,” The EdUp Experience Podcast (July 25, 2022)
“Hope Forward: College Without Tuition” SXSW EDU 2022 (May 9, 2022)
“Hope Forward,” The Whole Person Revolution (podcast), Comment magazine (January 27, 2022)
“Matt Scogin and Hope Forward, Playing a Different Game With Funding,” Enrollment Insights podcast, Niche (November 1, 2021)
“Matt Scogin on The Zero Tuition Model,” Anchored by the Classic Learning Test (August 26, 2021)
WJR 760 – Mitch Albom, live interview, no public recording available (July 14, 2021)
Taking Care in Business featuring Nicole Dunteman, director of the Hope Forward student cohort

Catalyst Summit to Explore Access, Innovation in Higher Ed

The Catalyst Summit, hosted by Hope College and Malcolm Gladwell, is a day to explore the possibilities of an entirely new funding model.

Reflections on the Catalyst Summit

With the benefit of some time to reflect on the thought-provoking content presented at Hope College’s Catalyst Summit with Malcolm Gladwell, here are four things President Matt Scogin is thinking about.

Follow the Money: How Student Loans Derailed American Higher Education

Can supply-and-demand theory also explain the rising cost of attending college?

Why the Four-Year Degree is Still the Best “Pathway Program”

The 4-year degree program remains the best path to a career that includes advancement and professional growth. But most students take on debilitating debt to finance their education.

Rethinking the Economic Model of Higher Education

The discussion around improving access to higher education is typically framed as whether or not college should be free.

To Preserve the American Dream, Improve Access to Higher Ed

College tuition is skyrocketing and enrollment is declining. The American Dream is at stake.