African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
Higher Learning has generally received positive reviews.
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Higher Learning was released in 1995 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 337 reviews, giving Higher Learning (1995) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Higher Learning than critics were.
With a score of 64%, Higher Learning is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1995, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1995 with similar scores include films like Jumanji, Heavyweights and Kicking and Screaming.
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