[lloyd-christmas]

> in the age of Google

Rose colored glasses.

It's probably worth keeping in mind that the internet of endless information is still relatively new. I went to college in 2003. Google was a freshly minted verb[0]. "The age of Google" probably didn't even really start until after I had graduated. I know that it wasn't part of my college life. I think it was my sophomore year when "wikipedia" started showing up in school ethics codes. The countless blog articles available to you right now simply didn't exist. You assume this info was at everyone's finger tips, but the people who wrote most of those articles probably graduated after I did. ROI of education really only became a conversation topic after the financial crisis started to display a permanent effect on the workforce. My younger brother is about the author's age, and we were still ingrained with the mindset of "that's just what you do after high school". The pro/con list had very few cons until relatively recently.

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/the-f...

[jstewartmobile]

I also attended during the dark ages. Even then, the value proposition was questionable to anyone paying close enough attention.

Books on it had been written. Talks on it had been given. This lady was just too focused on the gold at the end of the rainbow to care.