Video and Multimedia

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Video 1: Functionalist View of the Role of Education

Description: The video presents an elementary overview of the role of education in the United States from a functionalist perspective.

Video 2: Documentary explores why higher education has a higher price

Description: The video discusses the growing cost of college and the rise of student debt, causing some students to never graduate because of the overwhelming expense. In the video, Jeffrey Brown talks to filmmaker Andrew Rossi about his documentary The Ivory Tower.

Audio 1: Boosting Education for Babies and their Parents

Description: Harlem Children's Zone has a program called The Baby College, which is geared toward expectant parents and parents with children under the age of 3. It aims to educate parents and children in impoverished neighborhoods and provides young children with educational materials to support early learning.

Audio 2: German Schools Beckon Americans Seeking Affordable Degrees

Description: The audio discusses the benefits of having a free college education for all of its citizens and the effect it would have on the country’s economy and learners.