Ivory Tower

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.

Elizabeth Armstrong

Richard Arum

Jamshed Bharucha

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Elizabeth Armstrong

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Richard Arum

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David Boone

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Jerry Brown

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Peter Buckley

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Anthony Carnevale

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Clayton Christensen

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Michael Crow

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Andrew Delbanco

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Drew Gilpin Faust

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Peter Hadreaas

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Laura Hamilton

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Drew Gilpin Faust

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John Hennessy

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Ellen Junn

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