College had become big expensive business. And it pushed young adults into narrow types. One is the practical student. Another is the intellectual student. And the two shouldn’t mix.

But the challenges our world faces require young leaders who are formed from the inside out. We need college grads who are scholars, who understand where our ideas came from. But we also need them to be creators and problem solvers, people of action and creativity, who can build, communicate, strategize, and lead.

Hildegard’s founders believe that the solution is found in bringing these two forms of education back together — by combining a Great Books program with a practical and forward-thinking entrepreneurial education.

And rather than big business, college students need a tight-knit community of mentors and peers. We want students to experience more deep conversations, more industry connections, more spiritual and personal mentorship — but we also want them to graduate with no student debt and with a concrete direction for what comes next.

Hildegard launched in Fall 2023 with one clear mission in mind:

To form young people to solve our future’s most critical challenges.