The Washington Post writes about a new documentary film opening next week in DC titled “Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities.”

This film should spark an interesting debate about the threat to public universities, and what to do about it. Public universities make key contributions that can’t be replicated elsewhere. Just for starters, they educate huge numbers of students compared with private institutions. Although most colleges and universities embrace a public mission in some fashion, these schools are uniquely dedicated to the wellbeing of their cities, states, region and the nation. Leaders across higher education–both public and private–are deeply concerned about the erosion in public investment and assaults on the mission of these very important institutions.

More information about the film, including the video trailer, can be found here. The film’s website also includes a thorough repository of relevant articles, documents and research on this topic.