Teaching Freedom for Generations - Hillsdale College Capital Campaign

For more than 40 years, Hillsdale College has replaced all federally funded financial aid with a generous privately funded scholarship program, standing firm in its historic commitment to independent education and refusing to accept so much as one penny of direct or indirect federal aid. In order to ensure our academic and operational freedom for generations to come, we must continue to add scholarships not only for undergraduate students, but also for our graduate programs in classical education and government.

The path to Teaching Freedom for Generations begins on our campus. The student body has increased by 30 percent, and our floor space has increased by a third as well. With a competitive undergraduate program, three graduate programs, a K-12 Education Office supporting more than 100 schools, and campus visitors numbering in the tens of thousands each year, we must expand our facilities to serve our mission.

A gift to support Hillsdale's general operations is a gift that allows Hillsdale to continue doing what it has been doing for more than 180 years—teaching students the best of what's been thought and said. General operations cover the annual needs that keep the College humming day to day—classroom and library supplies, faculty salaries, student activities, campus maintenance, and so much more. Each gift contributes to Hillsdale's mission and enhances our ability to provide a quality education to students for generations to come.

Endowing faculty chairs, programs such as online courses, K-12 education, and National Leadership Seminars, and the Imprimis monthly speech digest enables Hillsdale to take its classical liberal arts education well beyond its campus classrooms to a national audience. By bearing the costs of such programs and initiatives, Hillsdale can provide free resources and learning to Americans hungry for truth and longing to preserve our hard-fought freedoms for generations more.