Behind the scenes
Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 75Audiences 79GoodWatch 66
Running time
1 h 37 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9697Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 76 more
Released
2014
June 13, 2014
12 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
24 of 28
- EAElizabeth ArmstrongSelf
- RARichard ArumSelf
- JBJamshed BharuchaSelf
- DBDavid BooneSelf
- PBPeter BuckleySelf
- ACAnthony CarnevaleSelf
- CCClayton ChristensenSelf
Michael CrowSelf- ADAndrew DelbancoSelf
- DGDrew Gilpin FaustSelf, Herself
- PHPeter HadreaasSelf
John HennessySelf- EJEllen JunnSelf
- AKAnya KamenetzSelf
- DKDaphne KollerSelf
- ALAnn LarsonSelf
- RMRita ManningSelf
- MRMichael RothSelf
- JSJeff SelingoSelf
- VSVictoria SobelSelf
- ESElizabeth StarkSelf
- DSDale StephensSelf
- MSMitchell StevensSelf
- TSTeresa SullivanSelf
Directing · 1
- Andrew Rossi Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 3
- Vinnie Malhotra Executive Producer
- Amy Entelis Executive Producer
- Josh Braun Producer
Sound · 1
- Ian Hultquist Original Music Composer
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