Ivory Tower (2014 film)

Ivory Tower is a 2014 American documentary film written, directed and produced by Andrew Rossi. The film premiered in competition category of U.S. Documentary Competition program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.

The film questions the value of higher education in an era when the price of college has increased more than any other service in the United States. It explores the different types of higher education around the nation. These include community colleges, four year universities, vocational schools, online courses, and less traditional forms of education. The film argues that the high cost of tuition is at a breaking point.The film was named one of the best documentaries of 2014 by Indiewire. Frank Bruni of The New York Times called the film an astonishingly thorough tour of the university landscape. Matt Goldberg in his review for Collider said that Ivory Tower almost seems ambivalent about the college crisis, but its never cold or emotionless. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, calling it a stimulating and upsetting look at how high tuition and huge student loans have created a perfect storm over American colleges. ........

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