UK Graduate School to Host Screening and Discussion of 'Ivory Tower'

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 22, 2014) — The UK Graduate School, the Preparing Future Faculty Program, and the department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation (EPE) will host a free screening of the new documentary "Ivory Tower" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, in Room 158, Taylor Education Building Auditorium.

Filmmaker Andrew Rossi's documentary focuses on rising tuition costs and increasing student loan debt, asking the essential question: "Is college worth the cost?"  Exploring this crucial point in the university landscape from Harvard, to community colleges to online learning programs, the documentary provides an interesting lens into the state of higher education.

Featured representative institutions include Arizona State University, Bunker Hill Community College, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Harvard University, Spelman College, Stanford University and Wesleyan University. The film also features the “Uncollege Movement,” based in San Francisco.

A discussion will follow the screening. Panelists include Jeffery Bieber, EPE (moderator); John R. Thelin, EPE; Eugenia F. Toma, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration; and Heather Yonutas, a doctoral student in Anatomy and Neurobiology and president of the Graduate Student Congress. 

Click here to view the trailer.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Geegan, (859) 257-5365; sarah.geegan@uky.edu