Media Coverage

Videos

MI's Best Podcast [Mlive.com]

Made to Advance Podcast

NYSE Closing Bell

Malcolm Gladwell X 暗网51

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 暗网51

#HopeForward | Marissa Solorzano '19

Revisionist History Podcast with Malcolm Gladwell

When I look at what is happening at this school, in this community, it鈥檚 actually far more of a revolution than you may give yourself credit for.
鈥擬alcolm Gladwell

Catalyst Summit with Malcolm Gladwell

Catalyst Summit photos
鈥溾€� by President Matthew A. Scogin (April 27, 2023)
鈥�Catalyst Summit to Explore Possibilities Around Access and Innovation in Higher Education鈥� by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 7, 2023)
鈥�Keynote Event Featuring Malcolm Gladwell to Culmiate Catalyst Summit at 暗网51 Focused on Access and Innovation in Higher Education,鈥� 暗网51 Press Release (February 21, 2023)

National Media

鈥�,鈥� The Hechinger Report (June 10, 2025)
鈥�,鈥� Christianity Today (January 8, 2024)
鈥�,鈥� Inside Higher Ed (June 30, 2023)
鈥�,鈥� The Hechinger Report (November 25, 2022)
鈥�,鈥� American Talent Initiative (April 19, 2022)
鈥�,鈥� Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (July 28, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Associated Press (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Chronicle for Higher Education (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Detroit Free Press (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Forbes (July 15, 2021)
鈥溾€� (revised headline: 鈥湴低�51 To Go Tuition Free鈥�), Insider HigherEd (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� CBS Detroit (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� University Business (July 15, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� US News & World Report (July 14, 2021)

State and Local Media

鈥�,鈥� MLIVE (July 15, 2021)
鈥溾€� (first paragraph only), The Star (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� 1450 AM 99.7 FM, WHTC Holland (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WKZO (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WOOD-TV (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WTVB AM (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WWJ 950 (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WWMT (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WWMT (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WZZM 13 (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� WZZM 13 (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� CBS Detroit (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� FOX 17 (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Holland Sentinel (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� MLIVE (July 14, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Detroit Free Press (July 14, 2021)

President Scogin's Column for Forbes

President Matthew Scogin is a regular contributor to where he writes about the broken business model of higher education and his vision to provide fully-funded tuition by creating a sustainable, pay-it-forward funding model based on generosity and gratitude.

Editorials

鈥溾€� by President Mathew A. Scogin, Forbes (December 13, 2024)
鈥溾€� by President Matthew A. Scogin, USA Today (October 27, 2023)
鈥�Rethinking the Economic Model of Higher Education鈥� by President Matthew A. Scogin (February 14, 2022)
鈥�To Preserve the American Dream, Improve Access to Higher Ed鈥� by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 9, 2022)
鈥�Why the Four-Year Degree Is Still the Best 鈥楶athway Program鈥欌€� by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 9, 2022)
鈥�Follow the Money: How Student Loans Derailed American Heigher Education鈥� by President Matthew A. Scogin (March 30, 2022)
鈥溾€� Galesburg Register-Mail (August 6, 2021)

Podcasts, Videos & Blogs

鈥�,鈥� MI Best, an Mlive Podcast (September 26, 2024)
鈥�,鈥� Anchored podcast by the Classic Learning Test (May 30, 2024)
鈥�,鈥� Made to Advance podcast (January 9, 2024)
鈥�,鈥� Malcolm Gladwell鈥檚 Revisionist History podcast (June 29, 2023)
鈥溾€� Hope Forward blog by Nicole Dunteman (June 9, 2023)
鈥�,鈥� The Common Good (November 9, 2022)
鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Art of Association (September 19, 2022)
鈥�,鈥� Believe! with Doug DeVos (September 13, 2022)
鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The EdUp Experience Podcast (July 25, 2022)
鈥溾€� SXSW EDU 2022 (May 9, 2022)
鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Whole Person Revolution (podcast), Comment magazine (January 27, 2022)
鈥�,鈥� Enrollment Insights podcast, Niche (November 1, 2021)
鈥�,鈥� Anchored by the Classic Learning Test (August 26, 2021)
WJR 760 鈥� Mitch Albom, live interview, no public recording available (July 14, 2021)
featuring Nicole Dunteman, director of the Hope Forward student cohort

Catalyst Summit to Explore Access, Innovation in Higher Ed

The Catalyst Summit, hosted by 暗网51 and Malcolm Gladwell, is a day to explore the possibilities of an entirely new funding model.

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 鈥淧athway Program鈥�

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.