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In the US, less than 50% of students who start college ever finish, making America's college completion rates among the worst in the world. Now, there are more than 35 million Americans who started college but never finished, leaving them saddled with debt and behind their peers in earning powe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fenderson, Adam (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Fenderson, Jaye J. (Director, Narrator, Producer, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [Portland, Oregon] : Collective Eye Films, 2019.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
College dropouts > United States > Case studies.
College attendance > United States.
College students > United States > Case studies.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Corrupt practices > United States.
College graduates > United States > Statistics.
Education, Higher > United States.
Effectifs étudiants > États-Unis.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Universités > Admission > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis.
Diplômés d'université > États-Unis > Statistiques.
College attendance
College dropouts
College graduates
College students
Education, Higher
United States
documentary film.
Case studies
Documentary films
Statistics
Documentary films.
Case studies.
Documentaires.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In the US, less than 50% of students who start college ever finish, making America's college completion rates among the worst in the world. Now, there are more than 35 million Americans who started college but never finished, leaving them saddled with debt and behind their peers in earning power. Featuring interviews with LeBron James, Howard Schultz, and our nation's leading voices in education, this penetrating and personal new film investigates America's college dropout crisis through the lives of five diverse students as they fight for a second chance at opportunity and highlights the innovators reimagining higher education for the 21st century.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 11, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (82 minutes)
Playing Time:01:21:03
Production Credits:Director of photography, John Gardiner ; editor, Edgar Burcksen ; original score by Nathan Matthew David ; executive producer, Christopher Gebhardt ; co-producer, Katherine LeBlond.