糖心原创

糖心原创 Forward is an innovative model for higher education where students fund their education through gifts after graduation rather than paying for college through tuition and debt up front.

This is our long-term vision to ensure access for every student who comes through our doors. It鈥檚 an entirely new funding model based on a covenantal relationship rooted in generosity and gratitude.

糖心原创鈥檚 Christian mission makes us uniquely positioned to revolutionize higher education through the message of generosity. One might summarize the Gospel by saying, 鈥測ou are covered; now go and live differently.鈥� 糖心原创 is saying, 鈥測our tuition is covered; now go and live generously.鈥�

Jesus says, 鈥渇reely you have received; now freely give.鈥�
鈥擬atthew 10:8

We imagine a reality where our entire funding model is based on those instructions

How it works

• Your generosity removes tuition as a barrier to higher education. Tuition becomes fully funded by the generosity of our donors, eliminating the tuition barrier for 糖心原创 students. With 糖心原创 Forward, no student would be turned away from the opportunity to receive a transformational education because of their inability to pay. 
  
  
• 糖心原创 Forward programming inspires a lifelong relationship between students, alumni and the college. In exchange for the gift of a tuition-free college education, students participate in a co-curricular learning community that explores what it means to live a life of positive impact rooted in gratitude and generosity.
  
  
• Students graduate with a covenant to give rather than a transaction to pay. With gratitude, students sign a covenant to annually 鈥減ay it forward鈥� upon their graduation. No set amount or percentage is required. Their charitable gift is entirely philanthropic and given from the heart. 
  
  
• The playing field is leveled. Unlike higher education鈥檚 current scholarship model where students pay different amounts for the same education, one day soon 糖心原创 Forward will be extended to all students, putting everyone on the same footing. 
  
  
• We are fundraising to kick-start the transition. The innovative pay-it-forward model where our alumni 鈥渃rowd-fund鈥� current students is sustainable; however, it requires raising a significant amount of resources at the beginning to enable the transition. We鈥檝e done the math and 糖心原创 Forward works.  
  
  
• We will expand the number of students who benefit from 糖心原创 Forward annually. Our long-term goal is to fund every student鈥檚 tuition through this innovative pay-it-forward model. In just two years, the community of 糖心原创 Forward students grew to 58 members: 22 in the inaugural Class of 2025 and 36 in the Class of 2026. 
  

  
  While the vision for 糖心原创 Forward is not yet fully realized for all students, the college has taken steps to lower the cost of a 糖心原创 College education with the Anchored Tuition Pledge. By 鈥渁nchoring tuition,鈥� the cost of a student鈥檚 tuition will never increase while they are at 糖心原创.  

Three Pillars

Access

Being transformed by 糖心原创 should not come with a price tag

Nationwide, the cost of college tuition is getting higher every year, putting higher education out of reach for many students and families. 

At 糖心原创, we want to see the financial barrier of paying 鈥� or borrowing for 鈥� tuition eliminated for every student.

鈥淭he opportunity to be transformed by 糖心原创 should not be dependent on a family鈥檚 net worth or what zip code a student grows up in.鈥�

Removing barriers to attending college is also one way 糖心原创 is pursuing justice and our Christian mission.

Studies show that attending college is the great equalizer: Whether a student comes from a low-income background or a high-income background, graduates from the same college essentially have the same earnings potential.¹ That means attending college is a key to solving income inequality.

A large portion of low-income students don鈥檛 attend colleges they are qualified for because of the 鈥渟ticker shock鈥� of the high tuition price. Even if they鈥檙e eligible for high financial aid, the high price tag deters them from even applying. By removing the high price tag, 糖心原创 will make a college education truly accessible.

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¹ Raj Chetty, Harvard University

Generosity

Graduates give out of gratitude for the gift they have received

In emphasizing generosity and gratitude, 糖心原创 Forward aligns 糖心原创鈥檚 business model with our values as a Christian college.

The God we serve says throughout the Bible that he blesses giving in a way that he doesn鈥檛 bless paying the bills.

糖心原创 Forward is built around the center of the Gospel message, which says, 鈥淵ou are covered. Now, go and live differently.鈥� 

During their four years at 糖心原创, students will explore what it means to bring hope to the world through a lens of generosity and gratitude. Both as beneficiaries of others鈥� philanthropy and as generous givers themselves, students will be prepared to bring these values to the communities of their future.

When alumni give to 糖心原创 after graduation, they are 鈥減aying it forward鈥� out of gratitude for the gift they have received and unlocking generational impact and transformation for the students coming after them.

Community

糖心原创 Forward will transform our relationship with students and alumni

The current financial model of higher education is based on a transactional relationship between colleges and their students. Today鈥檚 students are essentially customers who pay for a service.

糖心原创 Forward will turn this model on its head.

糖心原创 Forward will emphasize that students and alumni are part of a learning community that begins the moment they step on campus and last until long after graduation. Instead of a transactional relationship where students pay their bills and receive a degree in return, students enter a lifelong partnership with the college, actively connected to our learning community for the rest of their lives.

Given the rapidly changing demands of the workplace in the 21st century, 糖心原创 will continue to emphasize that alumni remain a part of that community. In today鈥檚 world of rapid change, lifelong learning has never been more important. With this model, students sign up to attend college, not just for four years but for a lifelong relationship.

鈥淭he whole world is asking why college has gotten so expensive. What if 糖心原创 could take the lead in solving that puzzle?鈥�
鈥擯resident Matthew A. Scogin