Starving the Beast The Battle to Disrupt and Reform Americas Public Universities (2016)

This documentary examines the ongoing power struggle on college campuses across the nation as political and marketoriented forces push to disrupt and reform Americas 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 AampM