Media Coverage

Videos

Malcolm Gladwell X Hope College

Welcome to the Catalyst Summit at Hope College

A Real Conversation About Finding and Retaining Talent

Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation in Higher Education

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

• “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

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

Podcasts, Videos & Blogs

• “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)