Ivory tower /

Is college worth the cost? Groundbreaking filmmaker Andrew Rossi asks the critical question about the value of higher education, revealing how colleges have come to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. With student-loan debt now over the one trillion dollar m...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ivory tower (Motion picture : 2014)
Other Authors:	Rossi, Andrew (director of photography.), Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- (interviewee (expression)), Thiel, Peter, 1967- (interviewee (expression)), Kamenetz, Anya, 1980- (interviewee (expression)), Beck, Chad (Film editor), Coffman, Andrew (director of photography.), Hultquist, Ian (composer (work)), Sarkinen, Byran (director of photography.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Atlanta, Georgia?] : CNN Films, [2014?]
Subjects:	College costs > United States. Universities and colleges > United States > Finance. Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States. Student aid > United States. College costs. Education, Higher > Aims and objectives. Student aid. Universities and colleges > Finance. United States. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	Is college worth the cost? Groundbreaking filmmaker Andrew Rossi asks the critical question about the value of higher education, revealing how colleges have come to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. With student-loan debt now over the one trillion dollar mark, the once-great American institution is at a breaking point. The film explores the current education crisis from the halls of Harvard, to community colleges, to online learning.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (90 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some suggestive and partying images.
Awards:	Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 2014.
Production Credits:	Edited by Chad Beck, Christopher Branca, Andrew Coffman ; original music by Ian Hultquist ; cinematography by Andrew Rossi, Bryan Sarkinen, Andrew Coffman ; executive producers, Vinnie Malhotra, Amy Entelis.