The film uses the victims of higher education to do just that. For example, the segment where the woman who was raising her little girl, working part-time, and going to college ultimately had no choice but to say goodbye to higher education and any dreams she had of becoming a college graduate, is gold emotional. The filmmakers chose this specific dropout so that anyone who is currently employed while raising a child and thinking about going to college or returning to college, or perhaps has a parent who didn't go to college, could be affected emotionally by this segment of the movie. The goal of this is to present the issues that working long hours while going to college can have on someone. According to statistics used in the documentary, 68% of college students work. Which implies that more than half of college students are at risk. However, government funding is still given to universities; Merrow says: “The government tends to think that higher education can handle itself by raising tuition.” This strongly suggests that higher education is not being funded enough to make tuition affordable for most students. In the film it is noted that not being able to afford college is one of the main reasons why people don't go to college and often have to make do with the community.