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Ivory tower [videorecording] : is college worth the cost? / a CNN Films Production ; produced by Josh Braun ; produced and directed by Andrew Rossi.

Contributor Delbanco, Andrew, Performer.

Imprint:[Los Angeles, CA] : Paramount Pictures, c[2014].

Description1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Title from container.

Target AudienceMPAA rating: PG 13; for some suggestive and partying images.

Note: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.

Note : PerformerAndrew Delbanco

System Details NotesDVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1

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Contributor
Delbanco, Andrew, Performer.
Rossi, Andrew, producer, director.
CNN Films, production company.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
College costs -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
Student aid -- United States.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.