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As tuition rates spiral beyond reach and student loan debt passes $1 trillion (more than credit card debt), IVORY TOWER asks: Is college worth the cost? From the halls of Harvard, to public colleges in financial crisis, to Silicon Valley, filmmaker Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES) assembles an urgent portrait of a great American institution at the breaking point.
Through profiles at Arizona State, Cooper Union, and San Jose State —among several others—IVORY TOWER reveals how colleges in the United States, long regarded as leaders in higher education, came to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. But along the way we also find unique programs, from Stanford to the free desert school Deep Springs to the historically black all women’s college Spelman, where the potential for life-changing college experiences endure. Ultimately, IVORY TOWER asks, What price will society pay if higher education cannot revolutionize college as we know it and evolve a sustainable economic model?
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Mon. Oct 31, 2016
Just several years after graduation the student debt gap between black and white students more than triples. theatln.tc/2fo0q4r
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Mon. Nov 2, 2015
RT @colsteve21: Just watched @IvoryTowerFilm on Netflix. Was awed by Cooper Union's mandate, and amazed by student response to tuition. Tho…
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Mon. Sep 28, 2015
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Tue. Sep 15, 2015
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Mon. Sep 14, 2015
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Mon. Sep 14, 2015
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