Starving the Beast

A polished and provocative documentary about debates over funding -- or defunding -- state colleges and universities.
-- Joe Leydon, Variety

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Starving the Beast

STARVING THE BEAST examines the ongoing power struggle on college campuses across the nation as political and market-oriented forces push to disrupt and reform America’s public universities. The film documents a philosophical shift that seeks to reframe public higher education as a ‘value proposition’ to be borne by the beneficiary of a college degree rather than as a ‘public good’ for society. Financial winners and losers emerge in a struggle poised to profoundly change public higher education. The film focuses on dramas playing out at the University of Wisconsin, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Louisiana State University, University of Texas and Texas A&M.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
95
Language
English
Director
Steve Mims
FEATURED REVIEW
Daphne Howland, Village Voice

The gutting of America's public universities is, as Steve Mims says in his documentary ‘Starving the Beast,’ "one of the nation's most important and least understood fights." His film goes far in correcting that, thanks not just to his thorough research, but also a strong narrative and compelling ...

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