<p>Nice article.</p>
<p>Hmm, no mention of the tuition? </p>
<p>“When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn’t miss “General Hospital.” They didn’t bother with fake IDs because they didn’t need them. The drinking age was 18.”</p>
<p>lol. I started college in 1979 too. “General Hospital” was huge back then. We would all gather around the TV in the lounge and watch it every day.
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<p>Having taken courses here and there at a number of colleges since my 20s, I don’t see a big deal at all. It’s a whole other story when college is not your main thing. You attend class and go home With on line classes that isn’t even necessary. My good friend took premed courses in her early 50s and then applied to medical school in her mid 50s and was accepted. It was just another thing to add to here schedule and said it beat her former job in flexibility.</p>
<p>Freshman at UConn in 1973</p>
<p>I remember the crowds in the (girls) dorm lounge watching the soaps. I didn’t get it – and I didn’t fit in. I do remember the drinking age being 18, there were a few of us that started college at 17 so it was a big deal. Our dorm parties included alcohol purchased by the social committee – and the 17 year olds had to consent to purchasing alcohol that we could not drink. It was a big deal to have a phone in your room – and have a phone bill to pay. Calculators were really expensive – like $150 and needed batteries. Typewriters and white-out and making extra money typing papers for people. </p>
<p>Lots has changed!</p>