Fail State

2018 • 93 minutes

About this movie

Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, Fail State investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling decades of policy decisions in Washington DC that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the subprime mortgage crisis, the film lays bare how for-profit colleges exploit millions of low-income and minority students, leaving them with worthless degrees and drowning in student loan debt. Director Alexander Shebanow traces the rise, fall, and resurgence of the for-profit college industry, uncovering their Wall Street backing and incestuous relationship with the regulators and lawmakers charged with overseeing them.

Ratings and reviews

To be smart, always check the world university ranking before enrolling in that university. You need to be honest to yourself. The good news is that most community college has a rank in that world university ranking system. Be truthful to yourself.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is starting college.