Ivory Tower (Blu-ray) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 30, 2014
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Paramount

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All in all, Ivory Tower is balanced and comprehensive. Full Review
America Magazine
Jan 6, 2015
Very informative documentary about the corporatization of the academy, drawing from experts as well as boneheaded libertarians like Peter Thiel who hoists himself on his own petard. Full Review
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Jan 22, 2015
Rating: 2.5/4 -- 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. Full Review
Boston Globe
Jun 19, 2014
Rating: 3.5/5 -- 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. Full Review
Arizona Republic
Jul 10, 2014
A convincingly comprehensive portrait of higher education in the United States, the film trains its lens on everything from storied institutions to anonymous community colleges...
A.V. Club
Jun 12, 2014
...an elusive value that Ivory Tower conveys through other words and images: Universities exist not to answer the question but to register and reiterate its force. Full Review
The New York Review of Books
Mar 13, 2019
[F]ilmmaker Andrew Rossi continues his roving inquiry into the crises and changes that have rocked America's most respected institutions IVORY TOWER.
Variety
Jun 13, 2014

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This documentary takes a challenging look at the state of higher education in the United States, examining not just its cost but its overall value, in an era in which poor funding and shortsighted university administrations drain resources from the systems that supply college degrees.

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  • UPC: 032429201959
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