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Declining by degrees : higher education at risk / John Merrow; John D Tulenko; Carrie Glasser; John Heus; Shae Isaacs. Videorecording.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0793690390
Other title:
  • Higher education at risk
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LA227.4
Production credits:
  • Photo credits, Perry Ryan ; camera, Gregory Andracke ... [et al.] ; editors, Jay Keuper, Maeve O'Boyle ; music, Miranda Hentoff.
Correspondent, John Merrow.Summary: This documentary, set on four different college campuses, examines both the promise and the peril in higher education today. Looks at how our national commitment to provide every qualified student, regardless of economic status, an opportunity to go to college has weakened and how some students seem to "coast" their way to a diploma without really learning much.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals Audio-Visual LMO35 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AV437 Available

Photo credits, Perry Ryan ; camera, Gregory Andracke ... [et al.] ; editors, Jay Keuper, Maeve O'Boyle ; music, Miranda Hentoff.

Correspondent, John Merrow.

This documentary, set on four different college campuses, examines both the promise and the peril in higher education today. Looks at how our national commitment to provide every qualified student, regardless of economic status, an opportunity to go to college has weakened and how some students seem to "coast" their way to a diploma without really learning much.