Ivory Tower: The Recreation And Wellness Center
Colleges are in a race against one another to build amenities which will attract students.
To illustrate this, the film Ivory Tower showed the Recreation and Wellness Center on the campus of Auburn University, the rock climbing wall in the Student Wellness Center on the University of North Dakota’s campus, the $38.9 million dollar Recreation Center at the University of Missouri, Portland State University’s student recreation center, the University of Minnesota’s football stadium, and the $300 million MIT STATA CENTER. This scene shows that colleges are building amenities to sell their school to prospective students. The amenities can attract more out-of-state students which increases revenue, enrollment, and reputation while providing a more
To illustrate this, the film Ivory Tower showed the Recreation and Wellness Center on the campus of Auburn University, the rock climbing wall in the Student Wellness Center on the University of North Dakota’s campus, the $38.9 million dollar Recreation Center at the University of Missouri, Portland State University’s student recreation center, the University of Minnesota’s football stadium, and the $300 million MIT STATA CENTER. This scene shows that colleges are building amenities to sell their school to prospective students. The amenities can attract more out-of-state students which increases revenue, enrollment, and reputation while providing a more