Fail State (2017) | Full Cast

Alexander Shebanow

DIRECTOR

Fred Nelson

Self - Enrolled at ICM School of Business

Luis Tayahua

Self - Enrolled at Westwood College

Suzanne Mettler

Self - Professor, Cornell University

Jon Marcus

Self - The Hechinger Report

F. King Alexander

Self - President, Louisiana State University

Gail Mellow

Self - President, LaGuardia Community College

Sara Goldrick-Rab

Self - Professor, Temple University

Maxine Waters

Self - Congressperson, California (D)

Bob Shireman

Self - Dep. Undersecretary of Education 2009 - 2010

Stephen Burd

Self - Chronicle of Higher Education

Deanne Loonin

Self - Project on Predatory Student Lending

Marquette Bascom

Self -LaGuardia Community College Graduate

Jack Conway

Self - Kentucky Attorney General 2008 - 2016

Laura Brozek

Self - Former ITT Tech Recruiter

Tom Harkin

Self - Senator, Iowa (D)

David Halperin

Self - RepublicReport.org

Bryan Babcock

Self - Enrolled at ITT Tech

Michael Vasquez

Self - Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald

Elizabeth Baylor

Self - Senior Investigator, Sen. Help Committee

Chris Neiweem

Self - Former Military Recruiter for DeVry University

Murray Hastie

Self - Enrolled at DeVry University

Vince Martin

Self - Former Corinthian Recruiter

Jen Wilson

Self - Enrolled at Everest University

Zach Turner

Self - Enrolled at ITT Tech

Andrew P. Kelly

Self - American Enterprise Institute

Kevin Carey

Self - New America

Matthew Reed

Self - Vice President, Brookdale Community College

Dick Durbin

Self - Senator, Illinois (D)

Bill Haslam

Self - Governor, Tennessee (R)

Harry Alford

Self - National Black Chamber of Commerce (archiveFootage)

Arthur Benjamin

Self - CEO, ATI Enterprises (archiveFootage)

William J. Bennett

Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Education (archiveFootage)

John Boehner

Self - House Education Committee Chairman (R) (archiveFootage)

George Bush

Self - 41st President of the United States (archiveFootage)

George W. Bush

Self - 43rd President of the United States (archiveFootage)

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Nightly News (archiveFootage)

Lanny Davis

Self - Former White House Counsel 1996 - 1998 (archiveFootage)

Arne Duncan

Self - Secretary of Education 2009 - 2016 (archiveFootage)

Anita Dunn

Self - Acting White House Communications Director, April to November 2009 (archiveFootage)

Mike Enzi

Self -Senate Education Committee Chairman (R) (archiveFootage)

Dick Gephart

Self - Congressperson, Missouri (D) (archiveFootage)

Newt Gingrich

Self - Former Speaker of the House (R) (archiveFootage)

Aaron Glantz

Self - Senior Reporter, Reveal News (archiveFootage)

Donald Graham

Self - Owner, Kaplan Services, Inc. (archiveFootage)

Albert Gray

Self - Former President, ACCSC (archiveFootage)

William Hansen

Self - Deputy Secretary of Education 2001 - 2003 (archiveFootage)

Alcee L. Hastings

Self - Congressperson, Florida (D) (archiveFootage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - 36th President of the United States (archiveFootage)

Ted Kennedy

Self - Senator, Massachusetts (D) (archiveFootage)

Michale McComis

Self - ACCSC President (archiveFootage)

Buck McKeon

Self - Higher Education Subcommittee Chairman (R) (archiveFootage)

Harris Miller

Self - President, Career Colleges Association 2007 - 2011 (archiveFootage)

Kevin Modany

Self - CEO, ITT Tech (archiveFootage)

Sam Nunn

Self - Senator, Georgia (D) (archiveFootage)

Conan O'Brien

Self - 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement Speaker (archiveFootage)

Barack Obama

Self - 44th President of the United States (archiveFootage)

John Oliver

Self - Host, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (archiveFootage)

Claiborne Pell

Self - Senator, Rhode Island (D) (archiveFootage)

William V. Roth

Self - Senator, Delaware (R) (archiveFootage)

Paul Simon

Self - Senator, Illinois (D) (archiveFootage)

Margaret Spellings

Self - Secretary of Education 2005 - 2009 (archiveFootage)

John Sperling

Self - Owner of University of Phoenix (archiveFootage)

Sally Stroup

Self - Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education 2002 - 2005 (archiveFootage)

Edolphus Towns

Self - Congressperson, New York (D) (archiveFootage)

Donald Trump

Self - Founder, Trump University (archiveFootage)

Elizabeth Warren

Self - Senator, Massachusetts (D) (archiveFootage)

Robert Wrubel

Self - Apollo Group Executive VP (archiveFootage)