How to get into college in 1983: get good grades
How to get into college in 2013: get good grades, speak six languages, be a rocket scientist, and end world hunger
How to pay for college 1983: Work part time and summers. Maybe take out minimal loans.
How to pay for college 2013: Which of your organs is the most valuable?
What to do with your degree in 1983: work in your field
What to do with your degree in 2013: cry
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How college students were viewed in 1983: hardworking and passionate
How college students are viewed in 2015: lazy and unambitious
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College student mental health in 1983: Happy and bright and full of hope.
College student mental health in 2016: If I kill myself I don’t have to pay back my student loans.