Ivory Tower
Documentary
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2014
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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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Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
13 Jun 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
What makes "Ivory Tower" interesting is how it looks at not just the debt but the causes behind it, and other problems besetting higher education.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
10 Jul 2014
fresh:
A groaning table of food for thought - almost too much for one movie, though presented with remarkable deftness.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
26 Jun 2014
rotten:
"Ivory Tower" makes a persuasive case that the gravest epidemic that's spreading from college campuses isn't student-loan debt but attention-deficit disorder.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
26 Jun 2014
fresh:
One of the most interesting discoveries is that it's not just students who are in debt. In the spirit of competitiveness, colleges have had to up the ante.
– Stephanie Merry,
Washington Post,
19 Jun 2014
fresh:
Rossi gives us a survey course when what we need is a seminar; the movie is a useful "What's Wrong With College 101" but the advanced study remains to be done.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
19 Jun 2014