Trinity College

They have become an urban work college. Link [[1]]

Methods?

• Students work for local businesses, get paid through tax free tuition grants. Along with a 40% tuition reduction (which still results in more tuition revenue to the college) debt is reduced to $3k per year, which can be paid by a reasonable summer job.
• No Wednesday classes, so students can work or rest.

Benefits

• Increasing tuition revenue
• Number of students in counseling is down
• Student wellbeing is up
• Student retention is up

Business and non profits in the Trinity ecosystem

• Centro Romero
• Hope Center

== Remaining to be solved: students tuition grants takes away their spending money. The team has looked at venture philanthropy (give to invest with the gift returning to be invested again) funds, perhaps on a DAF platform or via a CDC, and is exploring the immigrant savings circle model and a custom credit union on a larger credit union platform targeted at the business needs of the local micro economy of student empolyers and their peers for a path to find a way for students to have money for pizza and beer on the weekend.

The August 16 debt elimination solution summit

Links to this page

• Eliminating Student Debt ‎ (← links)