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Feature film — 2014

Ivory Tower (2014)

7.11h 37mDocumentary

As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, "Is college worth it?" From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in financial crisis to education startups in Silicon Valley, an urgent portrait emerges of a great American institution at the breaking point.

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A high-signal pick with 34 votes.

Participant / Abstract / CNN Films / Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Director: Andrew Rossi

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Elizabeth Armstrong

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Richard Arum

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Jamshed Bharucha

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David Boone

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Peter Buckley

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Anthony Carnevale

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Clayton Christensen

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Michael Crow

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Andrew Delbanco

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Drew Gilpin Faust

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Peter Hadreaas

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Drew Gilpin Faust

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